The Honest Ads Act is the first significant legislative effort to address the new challenges of network propaganda, writes Harvard Law School professor Yochai Benkler, who sits on Sunlight's advisory board.
Continue readingPlease tell the FEC why you support more sunshine in online political ads
If you agree that it's time for the Federal Elections Commission to extend the definition of electioneering to online communications and require disclaimers and disclosures for paid political advertising on Internet platforms, please tell them!
Continue readingHonest Ads Act would add needed transparency and accountability to online political ads
That "Internet blind spot" should change, as we've advocated for years, and now there's bipartisan legislation that would add much-needed transparency to online platforms that run paid political advertising. We hope Congress passes it.
Continue readingCongress should hold the Facebook Election Commission accountable to its transparency commitments
In the wake of foreign interference on national elections using its platform, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg committed to more political ad transparency in video and text shared with billions of users. The public interest, however, requires Congress and the FEC to hold the world's largest social network accountable.
Continue readingInternet blind spot highlighted in Trump’s $8.4 million digital expenditure
Donald Trump's campaign spent $8.4 million dollars on digital work — but we don't really know what that entails.
Continue readingComing online soon: More political ad disclosure
Good news: Beginning, June 24, 2016, you will be able to get more information about political ads running on cable, radio and satellite stations across the United States.
Continue readingWhat happens when you try to discover who’s behind dark money ads
On a windy Thursday in D.C., I had a mission: I wanted to view the records of ad time purchased by a mysterious dark money group, Protect America’s Consumers. Easier said than done.
Continue readingDark money group spends $58,000 attacking Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Nearly five years since the CFPB officially opened, a new dark money group is taking aim at the agency — and no one has any idea who's behind it.
Continue readingDark money group spends $200,000 on ads opposing Puerto Rico debt relief bill
A dark money group, the Center for Individual Freedom, has purchased at least $200,000 in ads in Washington, D.C., an attempt to influence lawmakers crafting economic legislation to assist Puerto Rico's dire financial situation.
Continue readingA new frontier in opaque political ad spending: GIFs
Nestled between posts like “Split Supreme Court Means A Win For Public Sector Unions” to “18 Things You’ll Understand If You’re Obsessed With Hot Cheetos,” you might see a paid political ad — and not even know it.
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