Major public companies are letting a little more sunlight into their wallets, making more disclosures about their political spending on their web sites and adding more board oversight to monitor it, according to a new study.Source: The most and least transparent companies for political spending...
"Trump says Facebook is against him. Liberals say we helped Trump," Zuckerberg said in a statement posted to Facebook. "Both sides are upset about ideas and content they don't like. That's what running a platform for all ideas looks like."Source: Zuckerberg responds to Trump's claim Facebook was out to get him...
SAN FRANCISCO — After a weekend when Americans took to social media to debate President Trump’s admonishment of N.F.L.Source: Twitter, With Accounts Linked to Russia, to Face Congress Over Role in Election...
The House and Senate Intelligence Committees have asked executives from major tech companies to appear in open hearings tied to the committees’ Russia investigations.Source: Twitter, Google, Facebook Called to Testify Before Congress Over Russian Campaign Ads...
Several anti-immigrant messages with an explicit pro-Trump slant are included among the 3,000 pieces of Russian-linked political content Facebook plans to turn over to Congressional investigators, ABC News has learned.Source: Russian-generated Facebook posts pushed Trump as 'only viable option'...
More large companies are disclosing how they spend to influence government, and company boards are taking on a more direct role in overseeing that spending, a new study finds.Source: More Company Boards Add Oversight of Political Spending...
Why it matters: The past election cycle showed just how much modern campaigns lean on programmatic advertising to reach voters and donors with persuasive ads that could push them to vote one way or another.Source: Scoop: The FEC's plans for political ad disclosures...
Mark Wiedman, a BlackRock senior managing director, donated $2,700 to the presidential campaign of Ohio Governor John Kasich, who was seeking the Republican Party nomination, according to a filing made earlier this year with the U.S.Source: A $2,700 donation by a BlackRock executive could cost the firm $37 million...
Facebook recently revealed that a Russian firm had purchased political ads on the social media site beginning in the summer of 2015 mentioning Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.Source: Congress should protect political speech by ignoring Disclose Act...
In the wake of revelations about Russia buying political ads on Facebook during the 2016 presidential campaign, the Federal Election Commission has reopened the comment period on the need for revising requirements for disclaimers on political communications placed for a fee on another person's WebSource: FEC Seeks Comment on 'Net Ad Disclaimers...
