{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.schatz.senate.gov/schatz-statement-on-twitter-policy-banning-political-ads", "Schatz Statement On Twitter Policy Banning Political Ads", "2019-10-30", "2019", "2019-10", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Brian Schatz", "S001194", "www.schatz.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Schatz Statement On Twitter Policy Banning Political Ads \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, October 30, 2019\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tWASHINGTON \r\nU.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), lead Democrat on the Senate Commerce\r\nSubcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet,\r\nreleased the following statement on Twitter's decision to ban all political\r\nadvertisements.  Twitter's\r\nnew policy to stop all political ads is strong, but it's not the only solution.\r\nOnline platforms, including Facebook, can simply refuse to run ads with blatant\r\nlies. This is not a new concept. Facebook already monitors and regulates\r\nfalsehoods in ads  the only group exempt is people who run for office.\r\nPoliticians should not be free to lie. We know information shared online can\r\nimpact our elections and our democracy. It's time online platforms take this\r\nthreat seriously and implement commonsense measures to stop the spread of false\r\ninformation. ###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://www.schatz.senate.gov/schatz-statement-on-twitter-policy-banning-political-ads"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7664752192795277, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}