Seattle's election committee has said that Facebook was in violation of a 1977 law requiring public records to be kept about who pays for political ads, according to local paper The Stranger and Reuters. The law says this sort of information about the ads must be made available to the public during an election and for the following three years. The legislation says publishers of ads must be transparent about the "exact nature and extent of the advertising services rendered". In an email sent on Friday afternoon, Facebook's general counsel Colin Stretch said: "We have been clear all along that, like other publishers, we are required by federal law to maintain accurate information regarding our spending so
Seattle's election committee has said that Facebook was in violation of a 1977 law requiring public records to be kept about who pays for political ads, according to local paper The Stranger and Reuters. The legislation says publishers of ads must be transparent about the "exact nature and extent of the advertising services rendered". In an email sent on Friday afternoon, Facebook's general counsel Colin Stretch said: "We have been clear all along that, like other publishers, we are required by federal law to maintain accurate information regarding our spending so