California is one of two states, along with Texas, that have passed policies requiring content creators to say if they’ve been paid by a political campaign to post, and the Golden State is considering cracking down by fining people who don’t.
Campaigns have long worked with celebrities and major influencers to win over voters, but now they are teaming up with smaller creators — sometimes with fewer than 100,000 followers — to reach more tailored audiences. That has sparked debates about whether disclosure rules for political advertisements should apply to content creators, who are expected to play prominent roles in the upcoming midterms and the 2028 presidential election.
See where they are going to fuck this up is by saying paid “political” content. Leaves room to try and weasel out of accountability.
All paid content must be disclosed. If you are being paid by someone to say something then you need to say so. To do otherwise is to lie by omission.
Paid content is otherwise known as “advertising.” I don’t understand why this is so hard for politicians to figure out.
About time someone called out the rampant propaganda online.
Should be required to say if they are paid by anyone for the purpose of expressing a political view. Not just campaigns.
Good. Disclosure is key!
Let’s start with politicians who don’t disclose they were paid by lobbyists. Making “lobbying” a valid thing means nothing more than systemically approving “payoffs”. God forbid I should hire a writer with a sharp tongue just because I don’t have the wits about me to do so myself.
Doing a reboot of Police Academy but they’re all investing which CamGirls are being paid in Iraqi Dinar
Better claim to be a dis-content creator then.
Good idea.
