Facebook Receives Largest Election Fine In U.S. History

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced that Facebook has received the largest election fine in U.S. history of nearly 25 million, and he said it was justified.

In what is thought to be the largest campaign finance penalty in American history, a Washington state judge on Wednesday fined Facebook parent company Meta almost $25 million for repeatedly and willfully breaking the law requiring campaign finance disclosure.

In response to more than 800 infractions of Washington's ...

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