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Pledging Archive
The Russian government interfered in our 2016 U.S. presidential election to harm the campaign of Hillary Clinton, boost the candidacy of Donald Trump, and sow political and social discord here. Not only were influence specialists within Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA) purchasing normal social media advertisements, they were also authoring their own posts, memes and other content – while posing as Americans. They also reached out to politically active Americans, posing as like-minded supporters, and helped organize rallies and other events in the real world. Facebook says the IRA may have reached as many as 126 million people. Twitter announced that about 1.4 million people may have been in contact with IRA-controlled accounts. It is known Trump’s campaign manager furnished internal polling data to the Russians to enable the IRA to target specific ads at specific groups of people. Although many of these deceptive actions are not technically illegal, democracy advocates wish to make them so.
Pending legislation: H.R.2599 - Honest Ads Act
Sponsor: Rep. Derek Kilmer (WA)
Status: House Committee on House Administration
Chairperson: Rep. Bryan Steil (WI) |
- I oppose reforming current political ads policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Mike Johnson (LA).
- I support applying requirements, limitations and protections regarding political advertising in traditional media, internet or digital political advertising, and setting forth special rules for disclosure statements for certain internet or digital ads by:
1.) Requiring each television or radio station, provider of cable or satellite television, or online platform to ensure that the political advertising it hosts is not directly or indirectly purchased by a foreign national.
2. Requiring online platforms to publish a record of requests to purchase political advertising.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Bryan Steil (WI) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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I support applying requirements, limitations and protections regarding political advertising in traditional media, internet or digital political advertising, and setting forth special rules for disclosure statements for certain internet or digital ads by:
1.) Requiring each television or radio station, provider of cable or satellite television, or online platform to ensure that the political advertising it hosts is not directly or indirectly purchased by a foreign national.
2. Requiring online platforms to publish a record of requests to purchase political advertising.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Bryan Steil (WI) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
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| Poll Opening Date |
February 12, 2024 |
| Poll Closing Date |
February 18, 2024 |
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