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On the recordApril 10, 2018
The reason this is important and the reason we need to get to the bottom of it is because it could be a serious problem if these kinds of services were provided beyond what is offered in the normal course, because that could result in violation of campaign finance law because it would be construed as an in-kind contribution, corporate contribution from Facebook beyond what the sort of ad buy opportunity would typically provide.
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John Sarbanes
Democratic · Maryland

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Sarbanes emphasizes the potential legal issues with Facebook's campaign services.

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