Washington v. Meta Platforms
Washington Supreme Court affirmed, in a divided decision, that state disclosure requirements for political ads hosted on digital platforms did not violate the First Amendment as applied to Meta and civil penalties against the company did not violate the federal Excessive Fines Clause, assuming without deciding that clause applied
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State Court Oral Arguments to Watch for in October
Issues on the dockets include New York’s Voting Rights Act, investigations of gender-affirming care for minors, and Meta’s challenge to a disclosure law for political ads.