PASS THE HONEST ADS ACT, WHICH REQUIRES
PUBLIC DISCLOSURES OF ALL POLITICAL AND
SOCIAL ISSUE ADVERTISING IN SOCIAL MEDIA
The Honest Ads Act requires the public disclosure of all political and social issue advertising in social media, consistent with print, radio, and television standards. This will close a major loophole that allowed Russia to pay for online political ads during the 2016 American elections.
The Honest Ads Act improves disclosure requirements for online political advertisements by:
What exactly did Russia do? (click here)
Amending the definition of ‘electioneering communication’ in the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, to include paid internet and digital advertisements.
Requiring digital platforms with at least 50,000,000 monthly visitors to maintain a public file of all electioneering communications purchased by a person or group who spends more than $500.00 total on ads published on their platform. This file would contain a digital copy of the advertisement, a description of the audience the advertisement targets, the number of views generated, the dates and times of publication, the rates charged, and the contact information of the purchaser.
Requiring online platforms to make all reasonable efforts to ensure that foreign individuals and entities are not purchasing political advertisements in order to influence the American electorate.