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Line 61: − + − Political advertising regarding federal elections and candidates that is purchased for appearance on radio, television and print generally must adhere to [[Federal Election Commission]] rules requiring clear disclosure of the committee or donor paying for the advertisements. During 2011, [[Google]] and Facebook hired [[Marxist]] operative [[Marc Elias]] to help them obtain an exemption from this requirement for political advertising on their platforms. Elias argued the restrictions were not practical for his clients, with FEC commissioners ultimately voting 4-2 in favor of the exemption for Google and deadlocking 3-3 on the request regarding Facebook.<ref>Vogel, Kenneth P.; and Kang, Cecilia. [https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/us/politics/facebook-google-russia-meddling-disclosure.html “Senators Demand Online Ad Disclosures as Tech Lobby Mobilizes.”] New York Times. October 19, 2017.</ref>+ − − Facebook continued to operate as if exempt from disclosure rules. During the 2016 U.S. general election, $100,000 worth of Russian-backed and undisclosed advertisements intended to influence voters were purchased on Facebook with another $4,700 spent by Russian sources on Google political advertisements. In October 2017, following the controversy that ensued regarding Russian interference in the 2016 elections, both Republican and Democratic Senators advocated for legislation to require Facebook and Google to adhere to the same disclosure rules as other media.
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To Facebook's credit, it did not censor a [[2020 Trump campaign]] ad that the [[fake news]] site [[CNN]] refused to run about the [[Biden-Ukraine scandal]] during the Democrats 2019 alleged "[[impeachment inquiry]]".<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/464970-facebook-rejects-biden-request-to-remove-trump-ad-on-ukraine</ref>
To Facebook's credit, it did not censor a [[2020 Trump campaign]] ad that the [[fake news]] site [[CNN]] refused to run about the [[Biden-Ukraine scandal]] during the Democrats 2019 alleged "[[impeachment inquiry]]".<ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/464970-facebook-rejects-biden-request-to-remove-trump-ad-on-ukraine</ref>
===FEC disclosure exemptions===
====Coronavirusa and Communist Chinese misinformation====
In the case of the [[Coronavirus]], Facebook used the [[Communist Chinese]]-controlled [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) as an “authority” on health related matters instead of official health guidelines from the [[President of the United States]].<ref>https://about.fb.com/news/2020/04/covid-19-misinfo-update/</ref> This was a matter of [[national security]] and public health.
===2020 election interference===
===2020 election interference===