Legal Opinion
Wash. Post v. McManus
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 3, 2019No. Case No.: PWG-18-2527PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Paul W. Grimm, United States District Judge
In May 2018, as Americans were continuing to learn the details of a far-reaching Russian campaign to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential contest, the state of Maryland enacted a new law to combat foreign interference in its elections. The law, known as the Online Electioneering Transparency and Accountability Act (the "Act"), sought primarily to curb foreign nationals' exploitation of Facebook, Instagram, *278and other social media sites, but its reach was broader than that, extending to many established newspapers' websites. It requires social media…
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