§ Section 18Pre-election Campaigns on the Internet

(1) Campaigner or its authorized person shall enter into the
contract for the placement of pre-election campaign materials on
the Internet directly and without mediators only with the
advertising service provider.
(2) An advertising service provider who offers to place the
pre-election campaign materials on the Internet for payment
shall, at least 150 days prior to the election day, send to the
Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau the price lists for
the placement of pre-election campaign materials, including
planned discounts and criteria for the application of discounts,
for the entire period of pre-election campaign. If the
Saeima has been dissolved or recalled or a local
government council is dissolved, or repeat elections are
announced, the relevant advertising service provider shall send
the price lists for the placement of pre-election campaign
materials for the entire pre-election period, including planned
discounts and criteria for the application of discounts, to the
Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau not later than within
three working days from the day when the elections are announced.
The Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau shall, without
delay, publish the abovementioned information on its website.
(3) An advertising service provider who offers to place the
pre-election campaign materials on the Internet for a fee is
prohibited from doing it for a price that is higher or lower than
that indicated in the price lists referred to in Paragraph two of
this Section. Such price lists may not be amended after their
publication.
(4) If an advertising service provider who offers to place the
pre-election campaign materials on the Internet for a fee has not
sent the price list for the placement of pre-election campaign
materials to the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau in
compliance with the provisions of this Section and within the
time limits provided therein, this advertising service provider
may not place pre-election campaign materials on the Internet for
a fee during the pre-election campaign period.
(5) When placing pre-election campaign materials on the
Internet, the campaigner who paid for the pre-election campaign
shall be clearly and expressly indicated in each material.
(6) Automated systems may not be used for conducting a
pre-election campaign with the use of fake or anonymous profiles
of social media (technology platforms which allow to create,
publish, and distribute information in communication to the
public, and also to create communities and interact on the basis
of such content) accounts.
[16 June 2016; 10 June 2021; 24 October 2024]