OLYMPIA, Wash. — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is appealing a $35 million judgment for violating Washington state’s campaign finance law .

Former Attorney General Rob McKenna, representing Meta, argued Tuesday before the state Supreme Court that the law imposes “onerous” compliance burdens, noting many social-media platforms now avoid running political ads in Washington to prevent similar penalties.

“The state imposed burdensome new requirements for disclosure on digital communications platforms in 2018. It caused a key political speech forum to be closed down in our state by the end of that year,” McKenna said.

Rob McKenna is a paid political consultant for KING 5.

He argued the cost of complying with the state law is not proportional to the revenue generated.

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