3 ms·
The FEC already has rules on what defines a political ad, including mentioning or displaying a candidate in a window before an election. There's additional dist
by dashundchen 7y ago
The FEC already has rules on what defines a political ad, including mentioning or displaying a candidate in a window before an election. There's additional distinction on how the ad was coordinated, the type of organization behind the ad etc. Those advertising politically in a federal election are included in reporting their activity to the FEC.
So if an independent org ran those three ads, only the third could be considered political for election purposes.
- vonmoltke 7y agoWhat about all the political ads that are not connected to federal elections? People in this thread keep throwing around "political ad" as if it is a synonym for "election ad". It isn't.
- w-j-w 7y agoIf nearly political ads are aimed eventually at electing people to do the things you want, I don't really see the distinction. I think Facebook should stay away from the entire set of political ads.