The state of Washington announced Monday that it has filed a treatment εναντίον του Facebook και της Google για παραβιάσεις του νόμου περί διαφάνειας σε κρατικές διαφημιστικές εκστρατείες, αφού και οι δύο εταιρείες δεν φαίνεται να διατήρησαν information about who was buying ads during the election season.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who published copies of the lawsuits (you can find them here and here ) in by clicking here of, said he would seek sanctions and a ban on non-disclosure of election ad spending from 2013 onwards.
Facebook, on the other hand, announced that it is looking forward to a quick resolution of the lawsuit, since it recently made the appropriate tools available to control who buys political ads on the social network. Like Facebook, Google is committed to maintaining one electronic file for those who use its services.
Facebook and Google have been criticized by lawmakers, users and various activists for their role in selling political ads, as Russians allegedly used fake profiles to advertise to influence US voters in the US presidential election. USA in 2016.
Unlike most U.S. districts, both Washington and Seattle have laws since the 1970s that require advertising companies (such as radio stations, for example) to disclose who buys political ads.
Bob Ferguson said his office received a complaint from a citizen in April alleging that Facebook and Google had not provided the legally required information about their political ads.
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