SEATTLE (AP) – A judge ruled on Friday that Facebook owner Meta repeatedly and intentionally violated Washington campaign-finance law, and must pay penalties, the Washington state Attorney General’s Office said. The penalties will be determined at a later date and officials said that the court also denied Meta’s effort to invalidate Washington’s campaign-finance transparency law, which allows financial penalties of $10,000 per violation. The Attorney General’s Office asserts Facebook has committed hundreds of violations since 2018.
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