(a) This section applies to an electronic media advertisement if either of the following is true: (1) The advertisement is paid for by a committee other than a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate. (2) The advertisement is paid for by a political party committee or a candidate controlled committee established for an elective office of the controlling candidate, and is either of the following: (A) Paid for by an independent expenditure. (B) An advertisement supporting or opposing a ballot measure. (b) An electronic media advertisement that is a graphic, image, animated graphic, or animated image that the online platform hosting the advertisement allows to link to an internet website paid for by a committee shall comply with both of the following: (1) Unless the disclosure area described in paragraph (2) includes the full disclosure text required by Sections 84502, 84503, 84506.5, and 84514, the advertisement shall contain a hyperlink to an internet website containing the disclosures required by Sections 84502, 84503, 84506.5, and 84514 in a contrasting color and in no less than 11-point font. (2) The advertisement shall include, for the duration of the advertisement, the disclosures required by Section 84514, if any, followed by the disclosures required by Section 84502, if any, followed by the disclosures required by Section 84503, if any, displayed according to the following: (A) The disclosure area shall have a solid white or black background and shall be in a box on the bottom of the advertisement. The text in the disclosure area shall be in a contrasting color and in standard Arial Regular type with a type size of at least 11-point and shall not have its type condensed or have the spacing between characters reduced to be narrower than a normal non-condensed standard Arial Regular type. (B) The disclosure required by Section 84514, if any, shall appear at the top of the disclosure area, and shall be separated from the disclosure required by Section 84502 by a blank line. (C) Notwithstanding Section 84503, the disclosure area may disclose only the largest top contributor to the committee paying for the advertisement, and the disclosure area may include the words âTop Funderâ or âTop Fundersâ instead of âAd Committeeâs Top Fundersâ or âAd Committeeâs Top Funder.â (D) The disclosure required by Section 84506.5 may be displayed at the bottom of the disclosure box, separated from the disclosures required by Section 84503 by a blank horizontal line. This text is not required to be displayed in the disclosure area if the advertisement hyperlinks to a website containing the disclosures as described by paragraph (1). (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), if the image takes up fewer than 65,000 square pixels, i.e., is smaller than a standard 728 by 90 pixel leaderboard image advertisement, then the disclosure area described in paragraph (2) may instead include the text âWho funded this ad?â. This text shall be in standard Arial Regular type with a type size of at least 8-point. (4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (2) and (3), the disclosure area required by paragraph (2) is not required if it would take up more than 10 percent of the graphic or image even using the âWho funded this ad?â option allowed by paragraph (3). In those circumstances, the advertisement need only include a hyperlink to an internet website containing the disclosures required by Sections 84502, 84503, 84506.5, and 84514. (5) Any text or image not required by this subdivision shall not appear in the disclosure area, except as provided in Section 84504.8 and as otherwise authorized or required by applicable law. (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an email message or internet website paid for by a committee shall include the disclosures required by Sections 84502, 84503, 84506.5, and 84514 printed clearly and legibly in a contrasting color and in no less t
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