---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 100.155"
title: "11"
number: "100.155"
heading: "Uncompensated Internet activity by individuals that is not an expenditure."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/100.155"
---

# §100.155. Uncompensated Internet activity by individuals that is not an expenditure.

- (a) When an individual or a group of individuals, acting independently or in coordination with any candidate, authorized committee, or political party committee, engages in Internet activities for the purpose of influencing a Federal election, neither of the following is an expenditure by that individual or group of individuals:
  - (1) The individual's uncompensated personal services related to such Internet activities;
  - (2) The individual's use of equipment or services for uncompensated Internet activities, regardless of who owns the equipment and services.
- (b) **Internet activities.** For the purposes of this section, the term “Internet activities” includes, but is not limited to: Sending or forwarding electronic messages; providing a hyperlink or other direct access to another person's website; blogging; creating, maintaining, or hosting a website; paying a nominal fee for the use of another person's website; and any other form of communication distributed over the Internet.
- (c) **Equipment and services.** For the purposes of this section, the term “equipment and services” includes, but is not limited to: Computers, software, Internet domain names, Internet Service Providers (ISP), and any other technology that is used to provide access to or use of the Internet.
- (d) [Paragraph (a)](#a) of this section also applies to any corporation that is wholly owned by one or more individuals, that engages primarily in Internet activities, and that does not derive a substantial portion of its revenues from sources other than income from its Internet activities.
- (e) **This section does not exempt from the definition of expenditure—**
  - (1) Any payment for a public communication (as defined in [11 CFR 100.26](/cfr/11/100.26.md)) other than a nominal fee;
  - (2) Any payment for the purchase or rental of an e-mail address list made at the direction of a political committee; or
  - (3) **Any payment for an e-mail address list that is transferred to a political committee.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 18613, Apr. 12, 2006, as amended at 81 FR 94240, Dec. 23, 2016]

### Source

Source: 67 FR 50585, Aug. 5, 2002, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30101, 30102(g), 30104, 30111(a)(8), and 30114(c).

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15094, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 18613, Apr. 12, 2006, as amended at 81 FR 94240, Dec. 23, 2016]