The US Federal Election Commission voted on Sept 14 to seek public comment on possible regulatory changes after Facebook Inc said that Russians bought ads on the No. 1 social network during the US presidential campaign.
Commissioners agreed to accept comment for 30 days on whether to revise disclaimer rules on when an ad must say who paid for it. The rules generally do not apply to political ads on Facebook and Alphabet Inc's Google, which years ago sought exemptions from the commission.
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