New Rules for Digital Campaign Ads
The Federal Election Commission has new rules about digital campaign ads. Credit: nito/Shutterstock
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site provides some details on new FEC rules about digital election campaign ads.
With the national uproar over Russia using Facebook and Twitter to tamper with the 2016 presidential election, it’s no wonder that digital advertising has come under fire. On Wednesday, the Federal Election Committee, or FEC, voted to go ahead with new rules for campaign digital media that require digital ads to become more transparent. The concept of transparency refers to how much information is revealed to the public. Making digital ads more transparent means that people will now know more about who paid for the ads and why.
To learn more about this story, click here to visit the Election Central Web site and read the full posting.
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