United States · Bill · S
S. 1989 (115th)
Honest Ads Act
Introduced
19 October 2017
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Status
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held.
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Summary
Honest Ads Act This bill expands source disclosure requirements for political advertisements by (1) establishing that paid internet and paid digital communications may qualify as “public communications” or “electioneering communications” that may be subject to such requirements, and (2) imposing additional requirements relating to the form of such source disclosures and the information contained within. The bill also requires certain online platform companies to maintain publicly available records about qualified political advertisements that have been purchased on their platforms.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 October 2017
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 19 October 2017
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 19 October 2017
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1989
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/1989