Campaign Finance Disclosure for the Digital Age: Examining Disclosure Obligations for Online Political Advertising and Online Platforms
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Fox, Ashley Nicole
- Affiliation: Hussman School of Journalism and Media, Mass Communication Graduate Program
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- The Supreme Court has upheld campaign finance disclosure requirements placed on campaigns and other political actors. However, recently, governments have considered an alternative: requirements that online platforms maintain, and in some cases publicly publish, records about political ads that they run. This thesis examines campaign finance disclosure for online political advertising with a primary focus on these newer record-keeping obligations for online platforms. In addition to clarifying existing sponsorship disclaimer and reporting requirements, policymakers should establish record-keeping and publication requirements placed on online platforms, rebut key points in the Fourth Circuit’s decision in Washington Post v. McManus to defend them, and build an empirical record that focuses on how these requirements might serve traditional disclosure interests articulated by the Supreme Court in Buckley v. Valeo. However, policymakers should also work with platforms and each other to explore alternatives, such as an automated distribution-based approach currently being considered in Washington State.
- Date of publication
- 2021
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- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- Advisor
- Ekstrand, Victoria
- Kreiss, Daniel
- Marshall, William P.
- Degree
- Master of Arts
- Degree granting institution
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School
- Graduation year
- 2021
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