Submitted on Monday 6th November 2017
Rejected on Tuesday 14th November 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Update Britain's Electoral laws to address campaign lies & other 21stC issues.
This petition requests that Parliament deals with the threats posed by misinformation about the issues to be balloted, and the activities of agencies employed by or donating their services to any campaign group using covert manipulation of public opinion by enacting appropriate legislation.
New Statesman : " political advertising is exempt from the regulation that would otherwise bar false claims and outrageous promises." lie.https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/06/how-brexit-campaign-lied-us-and-got-away-it
From a Guardian report
"An LSE report concluded UK’s electoral laws were “weak and helpless” in the face of new forms of digital campaigning.”.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/07/the-great-british-brexit-robbery-hijacked-democracy
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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