Lee Fang
@leefang
I have a new investigation up about the Democrats' dark money fund to pay influencers to produce pro-Kamala TikTok sketches, Instagram influencers, and YouTube talk shows. Nearly $10 million was not disclosed during the election to hundreds of creators https://www.leefang.com/p/exclusive-democrats-dark-money-fund
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gFam.live (UrbanGladiator)
@gfam
It's not super clear in your article what should have happened. Was this illegal? Where should Way to Win have disclosed their activities? I'm not clued in on election financing laws so it's hard to know what the specific wrong doing was.
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Lee Fang
@leefang
When a TV or radio ad appears, FEC rules require sponsorship disclosure at the end. No such rules for social media, so we have millions of dollars in secret money. Plus this was all routed through dark money 501cs that add an extra layer is secrecy.
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gFam.live (UrbanGladiator)
@gfam
Thank you for this, that makes a lot of sense. I thought Instagram required an "Ad" tag when the influencer is paid but I have no doubt that's not strictly enforced. I can't imagine the FEC rules will be updated for social media under the current administration... if anything they'd be more likely to reduce the rules for TV and radio.
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Lee Fang
@leefang
Lot of loopholes for "political" content. Just like how the TCPA which governs robocalls/texts has an exemption for political content
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