Legislate against mis-campaigning in political affairs.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

There is a law against misinformation in adverts. There is a law against mis-selling of financial products. Why is there no law against mis-campaigning in political affairs? Part of the call for a 2nd EU Referendum comes from a realisation of mis-campaigning. Let's prevent it from happening again.

http://truepublica.org.uk/united-kingdom/britains-eu-referendum-misinformation-confusion-betting-odds-outcome/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/06/13/letters-both-remain-and-leave-are-propagating-falsehoods-at-publ/

https://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3742/The-Perils-of-Perception-and-the-EU.aspx
http://m.huffpost.com/uk/entry/uk_576e723de4b08d2c5639423a?edition=uk

http://www.thecanary.co/2016/06/24/taken-hours-farage-backtrack-leave-campaign-promises-video/

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Make UK political advertising subject to the Advertising Code.

Timeline

25 Jun 2016	Petition opened for signatures
14 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Jul 2016

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