Submitted on Thursday 22nd March 2018
Rejected on Monday 18th June 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Launch an enquiry into social media in UK elections/referendums in 2016-17
I ask the government to
launch an enquiry into the use of social media in the 2016 referendum and 2017 general election to determine:
(a) Was it legal?
(b) If not, does it suggest that the results of these processes are no longer ‘safe’?
(c) What changes in the law might be needed?
We value the integrity of our criminal law so much that we treat any attempt to interfere with the course of justice, by evidence-tampering or a number of other acts, as itself a criminal offence. Since the integrity of our whole political system depends on proper process of our democratic procedures in elections and referendums, I suggest that these too should be equally legally protected. Dealing with the abuse of social media in elections and referendums is a step in this direction.
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