Democrats on the nation's top campaign finance regulator may be opening the door once again to regulating political content on the Internet, Republicans warn – despite claims to the contrary a year ago. The FEC Office of the General Counsel concluded the case should be dismissed, as the ads didn’t contain express advocacy (such as “vote for candidate X”). But, in a significant disagreement, the commission split 3-3 along partisan lines on the question of whether YouTube videos indeed are exempt under the 2006 Internet rule. Yet the FSPA case wasn't the only recent decision where Democrats allegedly cracked the door open once again to exploring the issue. “If the commission were to be reconstituted, I believe we’re looking at full-blown regulation of political speech on the Internet,” he warned.

Source: Fox News August 18, 2016 22:30 UTC