Make targeted adverts in public spaces illegal.

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What the petition asks

The advertising billboards in Piccadilly Circus, for the first time ever, will show different adverts depending on what car you drive and how you look, by scrutinising you using cameras hidden in the screen. This corporate assault on consensus reality has no place in our democracy.

References:

(1) https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23631483-400-giant-screen-in-piccadilly-circus-to-show-targeted-ads-based-on-cars/

(2)http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4988764/New-screen-London-s-Piccadilly-Circus-track-people.html

(3)https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/personalised-ads-delivered-by-the-billboard-that-s-got-its-eye-on-you-hrxwrrb3z

(4) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescreen

Timeline

27 Oct 2017	Petition opened for signatures
27 Apr 2018	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 132

Status Closed

Opened 27 Oct 2017

Closed 27 Apr 2018

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