U.S. bill to regulate internet ads gains bipartisan support with McCain

[Sanguine]

By David Ingram

(Reuters) - U.S. legislation that would impose new disclosure requirements on political ads that run on Facebook and other websites received support on Wednesday from Senator John McCain, giving a bipartisan boost to a bill already popular among Democrats.

McCain, a longtime supporter of regulating campaign finances, and two Democratic senators, Amy Klobuchar and Mark Warner, plan to introduce the legislation on Thursday, according to a statement from their offices on Wednesday.

Republicans control the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, so bills generally need Republican support to advance....

https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-bill-regulate-internet-ads-gains-bipartisan-support-194613378--finance.html

[dfwgator]

Why doesn't McCain just declare himself a Rat and get it over with?

[kevindavis007]

I sure some people here would like the idea.

[Fishrrman]

"U.S. bill to regulate internet ads gains bipartisan support with McCain"

That isn't "bipartisan" support.

McCain went over to "their side" some time ago...

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

I sure some people here would like the idea.

I would.  From the article:

The legislation from the three senators would put online ads under the same rules as television, radio and satellite, so that who paid for them and other information would need to be disclosed

I'm good with that.

I'm not saying I necessarily agree with the campaign financing/advertising rules themselves, but I am in favor of having rules apply consistently across different forms of media (with the POSSIBLE exception of rules being different for broadcast -- a shared and limited resource -- vs the alternatives).