Do Facebook Political Ads Need To Disclose Funding?

Facebook's political advertisements don't have enough room to include disclosures of who paid for the ad, right?

Facebook’s political advertisements don’t have enough room to include disclosures of who paid for the ad, right?

That’s the gist of a 14-page letter that attorneys representing Facebook sent to the Federal Elections Commission, six days after President Barack Obama visited company headquarters to host a Town Hall.

Three attorneys from Perkins Coie represented Facebook in seeking this clarification from FEC Acting General Counsel Christopher Hughey and six of his associates.

Facebook argues that having to include the disclosures would disrupt the format of the site.

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