H.R. 4077 · 115th Congress

Honest Ads Act

Stage
In committee
Introduced
2017-10-19
Latest action
2017-10-19 · Introduced in House

Summary

Honest Ads Act

This bill expands source disclosure requirements for political advertisements by (1) establishing that paid internet and paid digital communications may qualify as “public communications” or “electioneering communications” that may be subject to such requirements, and (2) imposing additional requirements relating to the form of such source disclosures and the information contained within. The bill also requires certain online platform companies to maintain publicly available records about qualified political advertisements that have been purchased on their platforms.