{"id":159,"date":"2018-09-25T15:12:23","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T15:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press-releases\/democracy-dies-in-darkness-voters-have-right-to-know-funders-of-online-political-ads\/"},"modified":"2018-09-25T15:12:23","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T15:12:23","slug":"la-democracia-muere-en-la-oscuridad-los-votantes-tienen-derecho-a-saber-quienes-financian-los-anuncios-politicos-en-linea","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/es\/press\/democracy-dies-in-darkness-voters-have-right-to-know-funders-of-online-political-ads\/","title":{"rendered":"La democracia muere en la oscuridad: los votantes tienen derecho a saber qui\u00e9nes financian los anuncios pol\u00edticos en l\u00ednea"},"template":"","class_list":["post-159","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry","press_type-press-release"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun and other local newspapers have sued the state of Maryland to avoid complying with the state\u2019s campaign finance disclosure law, a measure that allows Maryland citizens to easily obtain meaningful information about groups and individuals seeking to influence their vote through ads run on their publications\u2019 online platforms.  Common Cause Maryland and the Campaign Legal Center filed a brief in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, arguing that the state should enforce its campaign finance disclosure law.","featured_image":"","press_type":145,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":8440}"],"related_issues":[88,90,92,444],"related_work":false,"location":23},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"BALTIMORE, MD, 24 de septiembre de 2018 \u2013 The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun y otros peri\u00f3dicos locales demandaron al estado de Maryland para evitar el cumplimiento de la ley estatal de divulgaci\u00f3n de financiaci\u00f3n de campa\u00f1as, una medida que permite a los ciudadanos de Maryland obtener f\u00e1cilmente informaci\u00f3n significativa sobre grupos e individuos que buscan influir en su voto mediante anuncios publicados en las plataformas en l\u00ednea de sus publicaciones. Campaign Legal Center (CLC) y Common Cause Maryland presentaron un escrito ante el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Maryland, argumentando que el estado deber\u00eda poder hacer cumplir su ley de divulgaci\u00f3n, que garantiza el acceso p\u00fablico a la informaci\u00f3n sobre las fuentes y la financiaci\u00f3n de la publicidad pol\u00edtica en l\u00ednea. Tambi\u00e9n ayudar\u00e1 a las fuerzas del orden a erradicar la interferencia extranjera en las elecciones de 2018 y en adelante. Los peri\u00f3dicos han solicitado al tribunal una orden preliminar que impida la aplicaci\u00f3n de los requisitos de divulgaci\u00f3n, y el juez presidente ha fijado el 16 de noviembre como fecha de audiencia para considerar la solicitud. El caso se llama Washington Post v. McManus. \u201cLa democracia muere en la oscuridad. Por eso, las instituciones que desempe\u00f1an un papel fundamental para iluminar nuestra democracia deber\u00edan liderar la transparencia en la publicidad pol\u00edtica en sus plataformas\u201d, declar\u00f3 Erin Chlopak, asesora legal s\u00e9nior de finanzas de campa\u00f1as en CLC y exasesora general adjunta interina de la Comisi\u00f3n Federal de Elecciones (FEC). \u201cEs lamentable que los peri\u00f3dicos, cuyos reporteros se dedican a informar y educar al p\u00fablico sobre qui\u00e9n gasta dinero en las elecciones, ahora est\u00e9n demandando al estado de Maryland para evitar revelar qui\u00e9n compra los anuncios digitales que se difunden en sus sitios web. Maryland tiene todo el derecho a promover un electorado informado y proteger a sus ciudadanos de actores extranjeros que buscan influir en sus votos\u201d. \u201cLos votantes tienen derecho a saber qui\u00e9n gasta dinero para influir en sus decisiones el d\u00eda de las elecciones. Los peri\u00f3dicos que venden espacio web a anunciantes pol\u00edticos tienen la responsabilidad de recopilar y compartir con el p\u00fablico informaci\u00f3n sobre estos compradores de anuncios. No deber\u00edan demandar al estado para mantener a los votantes en la ignorancia\u201d, declar\u00f3 Karen Hobert Flynn, presidenta de Common Cause. En abril, CLC envi\u00f3 una carta al gobernador de Maryland, Larry Hogan, inst\u00e1ndolo a apoyar la Ley de Transparencia y Responsabilidad Electoral en L\u00ednea (OETA) de Maryland. Esta ley se promulg\u00f3 en mayo de este a\u00f1o. La OETA informa a los votantes estatales al fortalecer los requisitos estatales de divulgaci\u00f3n y mantenimiento de registros. La ley se aplica a diversas plataformas en l\u00ednea que difunden anuncios pol\u00edticos pagados y promueve activamente los intereses de la Primera Enmienda al brindar acceso p\u00fablico a informaci\u00f3n sobre las fuentes, el financiamiento y la distribuci\u00f3n de la publicidad pol\u00edtica pagada, lo que permite a los ciudadanos tomar decisiones informadas en el mercado pol\u00edtico. Con su aprobaci\u00f3n, Maryland reconoci\u00f3 la dr\u00e1stica transici\u00f3n de la publicidad pol\u00edtica a los medios en l\u00ednea y busc\u00f3 modernizar su ley cerrando una laguna legal. Esta laguna legal permiti\u00f3 a actores extranjeros participar en campa\u00f1as secretas de publicidad y desinformaci\u00f3n en l\u00ednea antes de las elecciones estadounidenses de 2016. Debido a la inacci\u00f3n de la Comisi\u00f3n Federal Electoral (FEC) y el Congreso, Maryland es uno de varios estados que han promulgado o considerado nuevas leyes o normas para la publicidad pol\u00edtica en l\u00ednea este a\u00f1o."}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Democracy Dies in Darkness: Voters Have Right to Know Funders of Online Political Ads - Common Cause Maryland<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/es\/press-releases\/la-democracia-muere-en-la-oscuridad-los-votantes-tienen-derecho-a-saber-quienes-financian-los-anuncios-politicos-en-linea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Democracy Dies in Darkness: Voters Have Right to Know Funders of Online Political Ads\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/es\/prensa\/la-democracia-muere-en-la-oscuridad-los-votantes-tienen-derecho-a-saber-quienes-financian-los-anuncios-politicos-en-linea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Maryland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press-releases\/democracy-dies-in-darkness-voters-have-right-to-know-funders-of-online-political-ads\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/maryland\/press-releases\/democracy-dies-in-darkness-voters-have-right-to-know-funders-of-online-political-ads\/\",\"name\":\"Democracy Dies in Darkness: Voters Have Right to Know Funders of Online Political Ads - 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