Wake Up Call: Meta Fined $24.7 Million in Campaign Finance Case

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• A Washington county superior court judge fined Facebook parent company Meta the maximum possible $24.66 million in a campaign finance transparency lawsuit, finding the company intentionally violated state law 822 times. The office of state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who had asked the court to impose the penalty, called the fine a US record for a campaign finance penalty. (Washington State)
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