U.K. to Require Election Campaigns to Show Source of Online Ads
- Minister plans to bring election rules into the digital age
- Content will need to have ‘digital imprint’ identifying source
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U.K. political campaigners will be required to identify who is behind content that they put online, under government plans to adapt election rules for the digital age.
Current British rules mean that printed election leaflets have to carry an “imprint” saying who is responsible for them. That makes it possible to enforce spending rules that aim to control the influence of money on politics.