They covered their tracks, using software to camouflage their internet traffic. They created Facebook pages for anti-Trump culture warriors, Hispanic activists and fans of alternative medicine. And they organized protests in coordination with real-world political groups.Source: Facebook Grapples With a Maturing Adversary in Election Meddling...
Proposed Federal Election Commission rules aimed at preventing foreign influence on U.S. elections through better disclosure of online political ad sponsors may not take effect before the 2018 midterms, the panel’s Republican chairwoman said Thursday.Source: New federal rules on Facebook and Google ads may not be in place for 2018 midterms...
More information leads to less corruption. The thought has been repeated so often, it must be true, right? Professor Michael Gilbert of the University of Virginia School of Law says the answer is not so clear.Source: Public Disclosure, Once Thought To Be a Cure-All, Can Lead to Corruption...
Editors’ Note: Sean Parnell continues Histphil‘s forum on anonymous giving, making the affirmative, historical case.Source: The Historical Case for Charitable Donor Privacy...
Can Americans protect their privacy and their elections at the same time? Cynical politicians around the country say no. The rest of us should know better. Privacy is a key component of democracy.Source: Protecting privacy of nonprofit donors is key to our democracy...
As mid-term elections get underway and lawmakers in Washington contemplate new rules to regulate political advertising online, the digital advertising industry is attempting to beat them to the punch.Source: Ad Group Announces Rules for Transparency in Political Advertising...
It's been well over three months since the City of Seattle told Facebook to hand over data on political ads that targeted this city's 2017 municipal elections.Source: Seattle Elections Watchdog Tells Facebook to Make Its Political Ad Disclosures More Accurate...
Today, after the Citizens United ruling, dark money floods elections nationwide, but Montanans are standing up to stop history from repeating itself in a struggle that has the potential to change the way elections happen nationwide.Source: “Dark Money” Documentary Selected for Sundance Film Festival...
Since the Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, proponents of stricter campaign finance regulation have increasingly prescribed “disclosure” as an antidote to “dark money” in politics.Source: Staring at the Sun: An Inquiry into Compulsory Campaign Finance Donor Disclosure Laws...
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Democratic Sen. Mark Warner about the Honest Ads Act, a proposal to regulate online political advertising the same way as television, radio and print. Seems like nearly every day brings some new twist involving Russia and Facebook or Twitter or Google.Source: What You Need To Know About The Honest Ads Act...
