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Make UK political advertising subject to the Advertising Code.

Submitted on Tuesday 28th June 2016

Published on Tuesday 5th July 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 5th January 2017

Signatures: 2,627

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Britain ~ Referendum ~ UK

Petition Action

Make UK political advertising subject to the Advertising Code.

Petition Details

Political campaigning is a form of advertising, and like all other forms of advertising, it should be regulated. The recent referendum campaign highlights the urgent need for political advertising to become subject to the Advertising Code in the same way as other areas of advertising and marketing.

Additional Information

The Advertising Standards Authority ensures all adverts in the UK are "legal, decent, honest and truthful", and has the power to ban false advertising. However, their powers do not currently extend to political campaigning, meaning we have more protection when buying a toaster than voting in a referendum.

An extension of the ASA's powers would strengthen our democratic system and protect free speech. Let's remove lies from our political discourse, and kick "post-truth politics" out of Britain.


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