Submitted on Monday 4th February 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 12th February 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
For Parliament to introduce a new criminal offence of 'Deception of the Public'
With the proliferation of social media and fake news, the line between subjective opinion and objective fact is becoming ever more difficult to define. British citizens have long looked to their politicians to act in good faith, with honesty and speak the truth. Yet, these qualities are no longer.
Public officials speaking in a public domain should have a self-recognised duty to speak the truth and delineate clearly when something is objective fact or subjective opinion. This no longer happens as a matter of course.
We call for a new law to correct this behaviour. When a politician or public figure states a subjective opinion as objective truth or states something as fact without independent quality evidence to support it, he/she will have committed an offence.
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