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But the New Zealand inspection file obtained by ICIJ shows three on-board, stand-alone computers were inspected.
WKCR is the third college station to be fined this month for public inspection file violations, the agency said.
The fine, which the F.C.C. announced on Tuesday, was the agency's standard penalty for failing to maintain a public inspection file, a collection of public correspondence and other records that all stations are required by federal law to keep current and make available to the public.
If implemented, a mere $500 worth of advertising would require such a disclosure, platforms with "50 million or more unique monthly U.S. visitors and or users" would need to have a public inspection file, and both platforms and political candidates could be held liable for noncompliance.
The Honest Ads Act would make online political advertising subject to the same rules as other media, and it would require digital platforms with "millions" of users to list what's called a "public inspection file" — a repository of political ads and who purchased them that the FCC currently requires of broadcast TV networks.
"A digital ad platform public inspection file would be an important step forward in addressing the problem of undisclosed paid political ads on the internet," said Ann Ravel, a former FEC commissioner who resigned earlier this year, citing the agency's inability to effectively regulate ads.
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Broadcasters are already required to maintain "public inspection files" listing the names of groups that purchase political advertising time, the cost involved and the names of executives at these organizations.
The bill co-authored by Minnesota's Amy Klobuchar and Virginia's Mark Warner is currently being hammered out in the Senate would require internet companies with more that a certain number of users to create "public inspection files" that disclose political spending on their platforms.
The Honest Ads Act, backed by Democratic Sens. Mark Warner, of Virginia, and Amy Klobuchar, of Minnesota, would require large internet companies to create and maintain "public inspection files" that would allow third parties to track political ad spending, much like what is currently required of TV, radio, and newspapers.
Klobuchar and Warner first signaled this in a letter to their colleagues last moth asking them to co-sponsor the legislation, and they've been working out the details since then, according to the aide, who adds one of the discussion points is the exact minimum user count for platforms before they have to start keeping inspection files.
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