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Internet video communication by a candidate committee

This is an example of an internet video (with audio and visual elements) paid for by a candidate committee.

Play the video for an example of the required disclaimer notice.


Any public communication made by a political committee must include a disclaimer. The notice must state that the communication was paid for by the authorized committee.

For internet public communications in which the disclaimer is displayed within a video, the disclaimer must be visible for at least four seconds and appear without the recipient taking any action. This is similar to the requirement for television communications, which also requires disclaimers to appear for at least four seconds.

The internet disclaimer provisions do not impose the stand-by-your-ad requirements applicable to radio and television advertisements.