New FEC rules would regulate paid Web ads

NEW FCC RULES WOULD REGULATE PAID WEB ADS
[SOURCE: Associated Press, AUTHOR: ]
The Federal Election Commission proposed new rules Friday that would leave almost all Internet political activity unregulated. The proposal would, however, require paid advertisements for federal candidates on the Internet to be paid for with money regulated by federal campaign law. In a summary of the proposal, the FEC said the rules "are intended to ensure that political committees properly finance and disclose their Internet communications, without impeding individual citizens from using the Internet to speak freely regarding candidates and elections." The revised definition includes paid Internet advertising placed on another person's web site, but does not encompass any other form of Internet communications.
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