On Monday, EU lawmakers agreed on a new regulation about political advertising to make election campaigns more transparent and privacy-friendly and to limit foreign interference in the EU. Liberties has long campaigned to limit the use of sensitive data.
Civil society open letter on the ongoing negotiations regarding the Regulation of Political Advertising, which are expected to conclude in the coming week.
Liberties is collecting signatures for our #MyDataMyVote petition, calling on the EU to ban the use of sensitive data in political advertising. We've answered all your questions about this topic and why we need your signature in our Q&A.
As the GDPR turns five, certain EU lawmakers want to rip out some of its protections, so they can use our deeply personal information to tailor political ads and tip political elections and campaigns in their favour.
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Liberties’ press statement on the vote at the European Parliament on targeted political advertising.
Liberties, alongside 30 civil society organisation (CSOs), has co-signed a letter addressed to the Czech Presidency calling for a regulation on political advertising that delivers for democracy and fundamental rights.
Regulating political advertising is a highly contentious issue, and each EU country has its own sets of laws. But they have one thing in common: the clear (and growing) threat to free and fair elections posed by uneven, outdated advertising rules.
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