I've been asked a lot if facebook could be liable for running Russian troll ads meant to influence the election. It's complicated /1https://twitter.com/InternetLawCent/status/906316515502202880 …
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Facebook could be liable if ads said to vote for (or against) a U.S. candidate explicitly and Facebook knew they were from foreign source /2
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then Facebook might be rendering "substantial assistance" to foreign government to influence election. But /3
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less clear if Facebook knew ads were from foreign source intended to influence election but lacked magic words of advocacy /4
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It is not clear if statute prohibits such ads and, if so, if such a prohibition on foreign ads violates First Amendment /5
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If no violation by foreign entity, then Facebook cannot be liable. More in this paper: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3017598 … 6/6
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And here's a broader post on whether Russia and/or Trump campaign could be breaking law with Facebook ads: http://electionlawblog.org/?p=94626 7/6
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