Foreign powers could be influencing American elections by funneling money over the Internet, according to a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission.

“I’m not trying to regulate the Internet,” FEC Commissioner Ann Ravel said at a Wednesday panel in New York City, according to a video that was posted late Sunday. “I’m trying to ensure that with the really positive aspects of technology and the Internet and the ability to get out to lots of people … We also have to have transparency. We have to make sure that the people who are funding campaigns are doing it legally. We don’t know that now.