A court in Washington state has been urged to make Facebook parent company Meta pay more than $24 million for intentionally violating state law.
King County Superior Judge Douglass North recently ruled that Meta deliberately violated the state’s Commercial Advertiser Law, which mandates certain information on political advertisements be handed over when requested. There were 822 violations.
Each violation can bring a fine of up to $10,000, but that amount can be tripled because of the finding that the violations were intentional. [delete]
Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, urged North to impose the maximum financial penalty, noting Meta’s history of not complying with the law….