Facebook’s changes to improve political advertising transparency are now live in the UK. The fact that the ad is political … More
Category: Regulation
Emerging ‘deepfake’ technology will turbocharge fake news
‘Deepfake’ is an emerging technology that allows people to create fairly realistic face-and-voice-swap videos. It was recently used for the … More
Launch: a new coalition to reform political advertising
In recent years, the rules designed to safeguard against the spread of disinformation and promote healthy political debate haven’t kept … More
Advertising industry trade body joins calls for changes to political ad regulation
This site has long argued that rules around political advertising need to change and be brought up-to-date. The main reason … More
Mark Zuckerberg takes action to improve transparency of political advertising on Facebook
Yesterday Mark Zuckerberg wrote on Facebook about the measures he was taking to improve transparency around political advertising on his … More
Electoral Commission proposals to reform political advertising don’t go far enough
Yesterday the Electoral Commission published their first report into spending around general election 2017, which included a series of suggested … More
Get the frack on with it
There have been a number of headlines this week about the news that oil and gas firm Cuadrilla reported Friends … More
Copyright and usage in political advertising: Bridget Riley example
During the local council elections in the UK last month a few campaign managers got in contact with questions about … More
