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Washington State Officials Urge Leaders Not to Spend $51 Million Meta Fine Yet

State officials warn the payment could be returned with interest and attorney fees if Meta wins its expected Supreme Court appeal.

Meta has paid Washington state a record-setting fine of more than $51 million for violating campaign finance laws, but lawmakers are being cautioned not to get too excited about the money.  The Facebook and Instagram parent company is expected to appeal the fine that the state Supreme Court upheld this year in a split decision to the nation’s highest court. Meta has until Nov. 15 to file an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. “I’d be shocked if th…

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