Transparency

The Problem

Powerful industries, foreign governments, and other political actors increasingly use social media and technology platforms to influence public opinion. But political communication online is wildly unregulated, and the few regulations that exist are not consistently enforced. Gaps in disclosure laws for paid online ads and sponsored content combined with coordinated disinformation campaigns, bots, influence networks, deepfakes, and manipulated media have created an online environment where we can’t be sure who is trying to influence our opinion and why we’re being targeted.