How Internet Savvy are Your Leaders?
Summary: A researcher named Ron Guilmette documented that a company called Web Listings Inc. has been sending letters resembling domain renewal notices and collecting $65 to $85 payments from political campaigns, towns, cities and municipalities, with public records of such payments dating back to 2008. Recipients include the 2008 Hillary Clinton for President fund, Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney's 2015 campaign, Simpson County in Kentucky (which paid three years in a row, 2016 through 2018), and a range of Republican and Democratic campaign committees, according to filings with the Federal Election Commission and other public records.
Key Takeaway: The payments are small, but the pattern is the point: organizations that do not spend their own money paid a phony-looking notice for over a decade, and the Krebs piece notes these are only the cases where public records exist, so the real count is unknown.
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