Re:Obama tried to give Zuckerberg a wake-up call over fake n...
by abnry on Sunday September 24, 2017 @08:47PM
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It's not a specific problem as it is--aside from propaganda in general. But if the ads purchased by Russians are linked to a direct promise of aid to the Trump campaign then that is solid evidence in court of collusion.
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Re:Obama tried to give Zuckerberg a wake-up call over fake n...
by zaroth on Sunday September 24, 2017 @09:04PM
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My understanding of the law is the Facebook ad buy would only be illegal if requested or overseen by a campaign, or if they were overtly political.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty,” said Richard L. Hasen, an election law expert at the University of California at Irvine. “If they had ads that just were making statements about immigration and gay marriage and there was no mention of a candidate,” they would not meet the FEC's definition of an independent expenditure, he said.
[1] - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/09...