SEATTLE (AP) — The state of Washington filed a couple of high-profile lawsuits this week against some very big companies.

Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing Facebook, for the second time, for selling political ads without disclosing all necessary information about who’s behind them.

Ferguson first sued Facebook over the issue in 2018, with the company agreeing to a $238,00 settlement. After that, rather than comply with all disclosure requirements of Washington campaign finance law, Facebook said it would no longer sell political ads in Washington state.

Despite that, the company has continued to do so. The attorney general’s complaint, filed Tuesday in King County Superior Court, said that since November 2018, Facebook sold ads to at least 171 Washington state political committees for payments totaling at least $525,000.

Ferguson is also suing Greyhound bus line for letting federal immigration agents board buses in Spokane in search of undocumented immigrants.

The state filed the lawsuit Monday in Spokane seeking a court order prohibiting the checks and penalties to hold the company accountable for its past conduct.

ACLU chapters in 10 states wrote to Greyhound in 2018 to express their concern with passengers being pulled off buses and arrested.

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