Submitted on Saturday 25th June 2016
Rejected on Thursday 14th July 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Legislate against mis-campaigning in political affairs.
There is a law against misinformation in adverts. There is a law against mis-selling of financial products. Why is there no law against mis-campaigning in political affairs? Part of the call for a 2nd EU Referendum comes from a realisation of mis-campaigning. Let's prevent it from happening again.
http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/britains-eu-referendum-misinformation-confusion-betting-odds-outcome/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/06/13/letters-both-remain-and-leave-are-propagating-falsehoods-at-publ/
https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3742/The-Perils-of-Perception-and-the-EU.aspx
http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_576e723de4b08d2c5639423a?edition=uk
http://www.thecanary.co/2016/06/24/taken-hours-farage-backtrack-leave-campaign-promises-video/
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