Meta Can't Undo $35M Political Ad Penalty, Wash. Justices Say

By Rachel Riley ( June 18, 2026, 10:32 PM EDT) -- Most of the Washington State Supreme Court justices rejected Meta's First Amendment challenge to a state political advertising disclosure law in a divided Thursday opinion, while also spurning the social media giant's argument that a $35 million penalty against it violates the Constitution's prohibition on excessive fines....

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