Submitted on Friday 5th April 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 7th May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Political advertising must be scrutinised the same way as commercial adverts.
Whilst commercial advertising has to be approved by the Advertising Standards Commission to ensure that content is truthful and not misleading
There exists no such body or requirement for any content deemed to be political
Regardless of your persuasion as regards Brexit I'm using the following example as it's well known and demonstrates perfectly the sort of lies and misinformation I hope can be prevented in the future.
The Quintessential Leave campaign lie, published on Facebook adverts, Billboards, and on the side of the much-televised Leave campaign Buss
£350 million a week for the NHS!
The EU does not “take” £350 million every week, as InFacts explained repeatedly during the referendum. We have a rebate, lots of money is spent on UK projects and regional development, while the EU funds private enterprises, research institutions, and our farmers.
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept your petition because it is not clear what action you would like the Government or Parliament to take.
In particular, we are not sure whether you would like political advertising to be self-regulated, as commercial advertising is, or whether you would like the Government to set up a new body to regulate it.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
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