The state of Maryland passed new regulations last week that stipulate the information that political candidates must disclose on all of their social media account homepages and online advertisements. Candidates running for office in the state will be required to include an authority line on their official Twitter and Facebook pages, along with a declaration of approval and the name of their campaign treasurer.
Additionally, online advertisements that are too small to contain this information must point back to the candidate’s official campaign sites. The authority line that candidates will be required to include on all of their social networking account homepages must, as a bare minimum, include a link to their official campaign website.
With the movement towards social media regulation, Maryland seems to be taking the first step to ensure that there is a level of transparency in the use of social media in political ventures.
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