There seems to be no end of troubled times for Facebook and Google. Earlier this week, we reported that Facebook had been accused of sharing user information with nearly 60 device makers. We also reported that Google had decided to withdraw its support for US Military's Project Maven it a bid to reconcile with its protesting employees. And just as the two companies were trying to set things right, they are facing a new lawsuit over their failure to provide records of political ad buyers.

The two tech giants are being sued by the Washington state for allegedly violating the state's campaign finance law and failing to provide information about the buyers of the political advertisement. The complaints filed by the office of Attorney General Bob Ferguson allege that the two companies have failed to maintain proper records and publicise the the information regarding who is buying political ads on their platforms since 2013.

The US Federal law requires ads in the print media and on TV to indicate the name of the buyer. Digital advertisements, however, don't require similar disclosure. The law in Washington states requires the companies to maintain a proper record of the ad buyers. The law in the Washington state also permits the members of the public to visit an advertiser during business hours and see who is paying for the political ads they run and how much the campaign committee is spending. "Washingtonians have a right to know who's paying for the political advertising they see," Ferguson said in a statement.

However, both the tech companies failed to provide this information when Eli Sanders, the associate editor of The Stranger, requested the two companies for information on 2017 municipal elections, AG Ferguson's office wrote in a press release.

The lawsuit follows the citizen action notices received by the Attorney General's Office alleging that both Facebook and Google had not provided any of the legally required information about the political ads that they run on their platform. The two companies now have 20 days to respond to the complaint filed by Washington state.

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Both the companies have revealed measures to tackle the problem. While Facebook said that it is creating an archive of all political ads running on its platform, Google too has pledge to create a similar online archive.