Democratic senator pushes for transparency on social media political ads

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BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE at the Hill

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/354468-democrat-senator-pushes-for-transparency-on-social-media-political-ads

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Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said Sunday that she is working on legislation that would mandate online political advertisements be subject to the same rules as broadcast ads.

“And the rules that apply for ads when they’re put on TV or radio, where you have to register them and say how much you paid, that doesn’t apply to these online ads. And so our laws need to catch up with what’s going on with our campaigns,” Klobuchar told CNN’s “Reliable Sources.”

The effort comes amid the growing controversy over Facebook’s political advertising during the 2016 election. The social media company admitted last month that Russians possibly tied to the Kremlin purchased ads on the platform during the presidential race.

Last week, Facebook said approximately 10 million people viewed political ads bought by Russian actors near the 2016 election.


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[louis c]

1. Democratic Senator

Like Democratic Underground. The Repukes started that Democrat Senator bullshit (it has to do with the rat at the end).

Please don't play into their subliminal insults.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. That's the way they did it in the original THE HILL article.

Fuckwads

[CurtEastPoint]

3. That always just grates. Thanks for pointing it out. I hope OP will edit.

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4. edited. I thought of putting it in quotes but F It!