«If an ad on any social media platform contains words of express advocacy, those ads would fall under the FEC's regulations, including its disclosure requirements and
foreign national expenditure ban,» says McCurry.
Not exact matches
On the salient legal advice point, the memo concludes that US laws prohibiting
foreign nationals managing campaigns — «including making direct or indirect decisions regarding the
expenditure of campaign dollars» — will have «a significant impact on how Cambridge hires staff and operates in the short term».
Cambridge Analytica and its executives knew all of this — they knew that their
foreign national staff could not participate in decision - making regarding political
expenditures by the U.S. clients — because their lawyer explained it all to them in a 2014 memo.
A
foreign national shall not direct, dictate, control, or directly or indirectly participate in the decision making process of any person, such as a corporation, labor organization, political committee, or poltiical organization with regard to such person's Federal or non-Federal election - related activities, such as decisions concerning the making of contributions, donations,
expenditures, or disbursements in connection with elections for any Federal, State, or local office or decisions concerning the administration of a political committee.
«The prohibition against
foreign nationals managing campaigns, including making direct or indirect decisions regarding the
expenditure of campaign dollars, will have a significant impact on how Cambridge hires staff and operates in the short term,» the memo stated.
It began by saying that US law currently prohibits «contributions, donations,
expenditures, independent
expenditures, and disbursements by
foreign nationals,» and added that «of greater concern» was the «participation by
foreign nationals in decisions involving election - related activities.»
«
Foreign nationals were shown to have routinely deployed sophisticated tactics in making political
expenditures to evade detection, with the express purpose of undermining the integrity of our elections,» the group wrote in a letter to FEC chairman Steven Walther.
On the salient legal advice point, the memo concludes that US laws prohibiting
foreign nationals managing campaigns — «including making direct or indirect decisions regarding the
expenditure of campaign dollars» — will have «a significant impact on how Cambridge hires staff and operates in the short term».