Washington AG Sues Facebook, Google Over Campaign Finance Disclosure

(June 6, 2018, 12:31 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — Washington Attorney General (AG) Robert W. Ferguson on June 4 filed complaints on behalf of the state against Facebook Inc. and Google Inc. in the King County Superior Court, asserting that both firms failed to comply with record-keeping and reporting requirements of Washington’s campaign finance and disclosure law, Rev. Code Wash. 42.17A, related to political advertisements that ran on the companies’ respective online platforms (Washington v. Facebook Inc., No. NA, and Washington v. Google Inc., No. NA, Wash. Super., King County)....