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Which laws have special carve outs for political campaigns?
by itsdrewmiller 2y ago
Which laws have special carve outs for political campaigns?
- jedberg 2y agoMainly the one that establishes the Do Not Call list (it exempts political campaigns from any penalty) and CAN-SPAM which exempts political emails from any penalties.
- dwater 2y agoTCPA and CAN SPAM. https://www.fcc.gov/rules-political-campaign-calls-and-texts https://www.fcc.gov/rules-political-campaign-calls-and-texts
- itsdrewmiller 2y agoNeither of those laws mention political campaigns at all - both laws are directed at commercial activity.
- jedberg 2y agoExactly. They specifically omit political campaigns so that they aren't covered.
- itsdrewmiller 2y agoYou could say the same about emails between friends or emails from churches - they don’t cover things that aren’t within the intended scope of the bill.
- jedberg 2y agoAre you being needlessly pedantic just to be contrarian? But since we're being pedantic, it actually does apply to churches, depending on their legal structure. And if you were actually following this at the time like I was, you would know that originally it was going to include political campaigns until a bunch of politicians said they wouldn't support it unless they got a carve out.