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In wake of the 2016 election, states are getting more aggressive in regulating online political advertising, including by trying to shift some of the disclosure and record-keeping burdens onto the media platforms that host political ads, as opposed to just the advertisers themselves. The Fourth Circuit recently held that Maryland’s attempt to do so was unconstitutional. What are the boundaries of the state’s power to require disclosures under the First Amendment?
