Petition · past parliament
Investigate dis/misinformation use during BREXIT, before the UK leaves the EU.
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
Democracy requires an informed public and representatives.
-"Disinformation and 'fake news': Final Report" (www.Parliament.uk 2019)
"We further recommend that the Government launches an independent investigation into past elections—including the UK election of 2017, the UK Referendum of 2016..."
-"Disinformation and 'fake news': Final Report" (www.Parliament.uk 2019)
"We further recommend that the Government launches an independent investigation into past elections—including the UK election of 2017, the UK Referendum of 2016..."
- 250+ senior academics criticize deliberate campaign misinformation in EU Referendum (an open letter in the Telegraph 14 June 2016)
-UKIP's appeal has been dismissed and ICO tries to continue its investigation into use of data analytics. (2018)
-The Electoral Commission concluded Vote Leave broke electoral law. (2018)
-UK Statistics Authority "The continued use of a gross figure in contexts that imply it is a net figure is misleading and undermines trust in official statistics." (2016)
-UKIP's appeal has been dismissed and ICO tries to continue its investigation into use of data analytics. (2018)
-The Electoral Commission concluded Vote Leave broke electoral law. (2018)
-UK Statistics Authority "The continued use of a gross figure in contexts that imply it is a net figure is misleading and undermines trust in official statistics." (2016)
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 28 Mar 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 3 Apr 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
3 Apr 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.