By some measures, the spread of fake news on Facebook has declined since 2016, but the same can't always be said for Twitter.
Facebook Inc and Google will pay Washington state a combined U$455,000 (RM1.9mil) to settle allegations that they skirted transparency rules for election campaign advertising, one of the first such fines against the Silicon Valley giants amid growing scrutiny of their influence on US elections.
Washington’s attorney general accused the companies in a June lawsuit of failing to document about US$6mil (RM25mil) in political advertising on their sites dating back to 2013. The settlements aren’t an admission of wrongdoing, according to filings in state court in Seattle.
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