Political ads on Facebook don’t need disclaimers, FEC rules
The Federal Election Commission has agreed that political ads on Faceboook political ads don’t need any additional disclosures of who paid for the ads.
Facebook first asked the FEC for an exemption from these disclosures in April.
The social network’s request got bipartisan support from the campaign committees for both major political parties.
At a meeting Wednesday, the FEC discussed the issue and decided that additional disclosures or exemptions were not required in this case, because Facebook’s restrictions on the size of the ads were self-imposed.
The Hill quoted an unnamed Facebook’s spokesperson saying:
We’re pleased that the FEC commissioners have agreed that people can continue to buy and run political ads on Facebook as they have been. We look forward to continued conversations with the FEC about these important issues.
