Seriously !
Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed campaign finance lawsuits in King County Superior Court today alleging Facebook and Google failed to maintain legally required information for Washington state political advertising placed on their online platforms since 2013.
Washington state campaign finance laws require commercial advertisers that sell political advertising to maintain information about those who purchase advertising. The advertisers are also required to make that information available to the public.
According to documents filed with the state Public Disclosure Commission, in the last decade, Washington candidates and political committees reported about $3.4 million in payments to Facebook and $1.5 million to Google related to advertising.
“Washington’s political advertising disclosure laws apply to everyone, whether you are a small-town newspaper or a large corporation,” Ferguson said. “Washingtonians have a right to know who’s paying for the political advertising they see.”
I really, really hope this gets before a judge.
Is he running for higher office? Because this sounds like a typical political ploy by a politician to spank big bad tech as well as pander to the Snowden left.
Enforcing the law is just a gimmick to you?
Flyer
June 10, 2018, 2:35pm
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(A), Every reasonable person knows that law enforcement doesn’t have the resources to enforce every single law all the time. They have to pick and choose to some extent.
(B), They have the option of enforcing the law in a quiet, routine manner, and they have the option of enforcing it in a loud, splashy manner, with accompanying press conferences and the like.
Flyer:
(B), They have the option of enforcing the law in a quiet, routine manner, and they have the option of enforcing it in a loud, splashy manner, with accompanying press conferences and the like.
You’re new to this country aren’t you?
Flyer:
(A), Every reasonable person knows that law enforcement doesn’t have the resources to enforce every single law all the time. They have to pick and choose to some extent.
(B), They have the option of enforcing the law in a quiet, routine manner, and they have the option of enforcing it in a loud, splashy manner, with accompanying press conferences and the like.
And which do you think was done here?