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Petition · past parliament

Ban all political parties from using analytics to place untraceable ads online

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

This is a petition to amend electoral law to ban all UK political parties from using analytics firms to display individually-tailored untraceable ads online during electoral campaigns and future referenda. The ban should cover all social media platforms to avoid a repeat of Cambridge Analytica.

Why it was rejected

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

We think this petition is similar:

Ban political advertising on social media sites

Timeline

26 Sep 2019 Petition opened for signatures
2 Oct 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 14
Status Rejected
Rejected 2 Oct 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.