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This bill, the Preventing Adversaries Internationally from Disbursing Advertising Dollars Act (PAID AD Act), aims to protect the integrity of American democracy by expanding the existing prohibition on political advertising by foreign nationals. The key provisions of the bill include: 1) Prohibiting foreign nationals from making any disbursements, such as expenditures, independent expenditures, or electioneering communications, that refer to or promote a clearly identified candidate for federal office; 2) Defining "online platform" to include websites, web applications, and digital applications with 50 million or more unique monthly U.S. visitors, and prohibiting foreign nationals from placing or promoting qualified political advertisements on these platforms; and 3) Imposing criminal penalties for knowing and willful violations of the prohibition on foreign political advertising, without regard to the amount involved.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1962/all-info