ALBANY — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minnesota, and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday it’s incumbent on states to enact laws to require social media companies to disclose who is paying for political ads amid inaction by the federal government on evidence of Russian meddling in U.S. elections.

During a conference call with reporters, both Democrats pushed for legislation that would require social media companies, such as Facebook and Twitter, to make concerted efforts to disclose who paid for political advertisements, similar to the disclosures required on television ads and mailers.

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