Online political ads should be labelled, says Law Commission

Idea is one of series of proposals to change laws governing how democracy operates in UK

Online political adverts should be labelled or “imprinted” to show who is paying for them, according to the Law Commission, which warns that there is a “very real risk of the electoral process losing credibility”.

Presiding officers should also have the power to cancel polls in the event of major terror attacks as well as severe weather such as widespread flooding or other disruptive events, the commission has proposed in a series of measures to change the Victorian-era laws that govern how democracy operates in the UK.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/39UoCTy