A watchdog group is seeking to force Facebook Inc. to disclose who paid for online political ads on the social media site in 2018 that promoted Green Party candidates in certain House and Senate races.
The Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has filed a lawsuit to enable it to subpoena Facebook for information on America Progress Now. The CLC sued the Federal Election Commission for failing to act on the group’s complaint about APN, which the suit alleges “is not a real entity.” The FEC currently lacks a quorum of commissioners and can’t act on any enforcement matters.