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Facebook fined $25 million for breaking state election laws
« on: October 27, 2022, 11:48:14 pm »
WND 10/27/2022

'Breathtaking' intentional disregard for transparency measures

Facebook's parent Meta was fined $25 million Wednesday after a judge in Washington state ruled the company violated the state's political disclosure laws 822 times during the 2020 election campaign.

King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North ordered Meta to come into compliance with the transparency laws within 30 days and pay attorney's fees along with the fine, the Seattle Times reported.

North said Meta intentionally violated laws requiring advertisers to "disclose the names and addresses of political buys, the targets of such ads and, the total number of viewers of each ad."

The lawsuit against Meta was filed by Washington Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who said he had "one word for Facebook's conduct in this case – arrogance."

More: https://www.wnd.com/2022/10/facebook-fined-25-million-breaking-state-election-laws/
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Re: Facebook fined $25 million for breaking state election laws
« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2022, 12:57:51 am »
If every state did that you'd be talking real money...
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Re: Facebook fined $25 million for breaking state election laws
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2022, 03:45:30 pm »
Quote from: Elderberry on October 27, 2022, 11:48:14 pm
WND 10/27/2022

'Breathtaking' intentional disregard for transparency measures

Facebook's parent Meta was fined $25 million Wednesday after a judge in Washington state ruled the company violated the state's political disclosure laws 822 times during the 2020 election campaign.

King County Superior Court Judge Douglass North ordered Meta to come into compliance with the transparency laws within 30 days and pay attorney's fees along with the fine, the Seattle Times reported.

North said Meta intentionally violated laws requiring advertisers to "disclose the names and addresses of political buys, the targets of such ads and, the total number of viewers of each ad."

The lawsuit against Meta was filed by Washington Democratic Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who said he had "one word for Facebook's conduct in this case – arrogance."

More: https://www.wnd.com/2022/10/facebook-fined-25-million-breaking-state-election-laws/

Only $25 million?  Should have been a billion dollars.
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Re: Facebook fined $25 million for breaking state election laws
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2022, 07:52:30 pm »
Quote from: DeerSlayer on November 03, 2022, 03:45:30 pm
Only $25 million?  Should have been a billion dollars.

Let's do it 49 more times....
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Re: Facebook fined $25 million for breaking state election laws
« Reply #4 on: November 04, 2022, 01:02:50 am »
How much did Facebook pay the Georgia governor and Secretary of State to hire Stacy Abrams' group to collect ballots from absentee ballot boxes?
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Re: Facebook fined $25 million for breaking state election laws
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