From the indictment (https://www.justice.gov/file/1035477/download …)pic.twitter.com/S5UAEkP7sF
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In other words, some of this alleged Russian election activity, thanks to the way federal campaign finance law is written and thanks to how Supreme Court has interpreted first amendment, may not be illegal under current law. That's even if the intention was to influence election
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And yet "free speech" community has been arguing against passage of "Honest Ads Act" & other measures which would make this conduct illegal by 2018 elections. They say it will squelch too much of Americans' speech (and some say nothing objectionable about foreign interference)
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So it seems like these Russian conspirators have a lot in common with editors of news sites:pic.twitter.com/crm8DlyCAG
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You’re right, we need more transparency in elections. GOP is to blame for dark money and not necessarily Citizens United v. FEC.
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A federal grand jury just indicted 13 Russians for interfering in the 2016 elections—largely through social media engineering & anonymous online ads. My
#HonestAds Act w/@SenJohnMcCain &@MarkWarner would make public who bought an online political ad—the same rule as TV ads.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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