Washington sues over ads

THE state of Washington has sued Facebook and Google for allegedly violating state campaign finance law by failing to maintain information about who buys election ads.

The state’s attorneygeneral, Bob Ferguson, said he was seeking penalties against the companies and an injunction for failing to disclose ad spending in state elections since 2013.

Facebook said it looked forward to resolving the lawsuit quickly after it recently introduced tools for people to see who is buying political ads on its social network.