Source · Select Committees · Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee
Recommendation 21
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Acknowledged
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Digital technology is allowing more parties, campaigners, and voters than ever to participate in political...
Conclusion
Digital technology is allowing more parties, campaigners, and voters than ever to participate in political debate. While we view this as a positive step for democracy, we must recognise that it has created a more complex regulatory environment for the Electoral Commission. The framework for regulating political campaign spending during elections and referendums has not kept pace with the challenges presented by the growth of social media, targeted advertising using big data, and viral online marketing campaigns. We are concerned by the fact a significant amount of transparency for digital campaigning comes from voluntary initiatives by social media platforms to create “advert libraries” and that there is no standard definition of a political advert.
Government response summary AI-generated
The Government acknowledges the importance of cooperation between national regulatory authorities and welcomes the steps taken by social media companies to create “advert libraries” and institute advert labelling on political advertising but does not propose mandating advert libraries.
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Government Response
The government responded to this report on 19 January 2023. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗