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May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  Whether it's unsustainable, whether it requires further regulation, I think is exactly why all of you are sitting around this table today.

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  I think there is a real risk trying to take a set of rules that evolved in the 20th century and assuming that they're going to be equally appropriate for the technologies of the 21st century.

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  I absolutely agree with that.

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  It seems to me that they are occupying a sort of hybrid space. They say they're not broadcasters. They say they're just the platform and they're not responsible for any of the content, yet they do seem to feel that they have some responsibility, because they are taking steps. Peo

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  That is a very interesting question, but I'm not sure it's a campaign finance question, so it may be outside of my expertise.

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  You know your people better than I do. I think you're a better judge of what would give them greater confidence. There were specific incidents that triggered the Mueller inquiry.

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  I haven't studied it carefully enough to wage an opinion.

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  As I said, I think a lot of it goes to transparency. Do you have the ability to know who is behind the information that you're seeing both digitally and in other media?

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  I keep looking for that. I go to international conferences, and I'm hoping that somebody out there has the perfect solution. However, I have to say that I haven't found it yet. If you find it, let me know, because I would love to find that country that's figured this out.

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  Well, money doesn't have first amendment rights. It's the people who are spending the money who have first amendment rights. Let me be clear about this. I'm not a big fan of our Supreme Court jurisprudence. I mean, I would adopt the Canadian jurisprudence on this stuff if I coul

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  It would be fair to say that I am not a fan of the Citizens United decision.

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  I think it could be an in-kind contribution.

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  As a corporation, it can't give a donation directly to a candidate, and that would include an in-kind contribution. A question was raised earlier—and forgive me as I can't recall if it was you who suggested it—about Mark Zuckerberg running for president and using all of the inf

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub

Information & Ethics committee  Again, my expertise is in the U.S. system, so I can most effectively tell you about that. We are a law enforcement agency. We have jurisdiction over money and politics, and we have civil enforcement authority. We have subpoena authority. We can do investigations. I think that som

May 28th, 2019Committee meeting

Ellen Weintraub