Twitter to Pay Fine of $100,000 for Campaign Finance Violations

Twitter to Pay Fine of $100,000 for Campaign Finance Violations
The Twitter logo on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 28, 2016. Brendan McDermid/Reuters
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Twitter has been fined $100,000 by Washington state for campaign finance violations, the state’s attorney general said on Oct. 13.

According to the judgment filed in King County Superior Court (pdf), Twitter unlawfully failed to keep records of some $194,550 worth of political ads from 2012 through 2019. The ads were paid for by at least 38 Washington candidates and committees.