@pimlicat.bsky.social apologies BlueSky is asking for age verification to dm you with face recognition! I couldn't track down your email if you could you email me @ alex(dot)tait(at)reformpoliticaladvertising.org I'd be grateful and I can send on to you from there if that is ok?

@michelap.bsky.social hello Michela, we'd like to send you an invite to an upcoming event. If you follow us we'll forward on the invite. Alex

@pimlicat.bsky.social we'd like to invite you an event. If you follow us I'll dm you details.

Congratulations to @zackpolanski.bsky.social on becoming the new leader of @greenparty.org.uk. Thanks for the Green Party’s ongoing support for electoral advertising regulation also.

Transparency is a powerful way to undermine political grooming

🧵A win for political and transparency in Europe – and Reform Political Advertising. When we launched Reform Political Advertising, we proposed the idea of an independent, public repository for political ads.

Politician heal thyself. Some irony in the Lib Dems calling for increased ad regulation when political ads have none and frequently lie. And some of the worst offenders? You guessed it. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

. @libdems.org.uk call for urgent stricter regulation of YouTube ads. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... How about supporting regulating fact based claims in election ads as recommended by the House of Lords. @maxwilkinson.bsky.social you can find out more here. reformpoliticaladvertising.org

. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @katharineviner.bsky.social although there is some hope 👉 reformpoliticaladvertising.org/hope-for-ele...

We’ve prominent coverage in John Johnston’s excellent Politico Influence newsletter this week. We are pointing out how it is essential that the government’s efforts to counter disinformation include misleading factual claims in election ads (if that isn’t self evident enough). @politico.eu

Thanks to John Johnston for our mention in the excellent Influence newsletter this week on why the government’s updating of election rules is a good step forward … but we’ve an “oven ready” suggestion for their proposed campaign code. @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social @politico.eu

Well done Alex et al 👍 Keep up the good work and the pressure! 👍

I just emailed my MP @delivering4crawley.bsky.social asking him to support this 👍

🧵There could be hope for electoral ad content regulation in the Elections Bill after all. We'd certainly like to discuss it with @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social. Following our initial response to the government’s Restoring Trust in Our Democracy strategy, we’ve had further discussions about it

🧵 The government published a significant policy paper today "Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections". It includes some welcome proposals - including one that we've been campaigning for - but it doesn't go far enough. cc @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social

Thank you. There are lots of good ideas in here but @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social we'd love to speak to you about a significant omission electoral advertising regulation. reformpoliticaladvertising.org

If only we held politicians to account as effectively as we do soft drink makers...

Thanks Rick - I'm sure the @adstandards.bsky.social and @electoralcommission.org.uk would agree!

🙃It is nice we have an advertising regulator that can ban a CBD drink over claims it makes you calm. However, for the most important ads of all ... election ads that influence votes there are no rules at all. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What would happen if we made a complaint about the ad we wonder ... to the ASA?

🤔 Is this a misleading ad by the Advertising Standards Authority? It doesn't regulate the most important ads of all ... election ads that influence your vote? It states on its website its "ambition is to make every UK ad a responsible ad" ... but we're not there yet. @adstandards.bsky.social

Just putting this out there ... (Content from Linkedin).

RPA co-founder @benedictpringle.bsky.social: “One year on: what the 2024 election campaigns say about today's political landscape “ www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/one-...

“Britain’s biggest fact-checking company goes into administration …Logically, which worked with the government to counter disinformation during the Covid pandemic, had recently lost contracts with social media giants” www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

“Sultana, the Coventry South MP stripped of the Labour whip last year for backing a move to scrap the two-child benefit cap, said the new party would be formed with other independent MPs and activists, aiming to challenge a "broken" Westminster system” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What could go wrong? “X announced … that it would allow LLMs to write community notes to clarify or correct contentious posts, before users approve them for publication. The notes have previously been written by humans.” @damiancollins.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

On Brexit anniversary week a spam email with an update on how Alexander Nix (ex Cambridge Analytica) is putting joy into the world lands in our inbox. There are still no content rules for election ads …we are campaigning to change that. reformpoliticaladvertising.org @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

That's correct. We are campaigning to change that.

Thanks for your support Roger.

9 years since Brexit. We could never have an ad as misleading as this one again could we? We are bound to as there are still no rules for election ads. Support our campaign for electoral ad regulation for factual claims (as recommended by the HoL). reformpoliticaladvertising.org/donate/

It is nice we have advertising regulation that can ban a Twix ad for encouraging unsafe driving. However, for the most important advertising of all, electoral advertising that influences votes, there are no rules for ad content at all. 🙃 @adstandards.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You’re welcome, thank you for all you do, it’s simply vital.

Thanks for your support Anne - yes electoral ad regulation for fact based claims fits very well into the disinformation pillar of the APPG’s priorities we believe.

It might be time for Labour to introduce some rules for election ads ahead of future by-elections and the general election. Let’s add yesterday’s wafer-thin win to the recent tally below: - Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election - Labour beat SNP by 2.2% vote share

Will this apply to unregulated election ads? If so what could possibly go wrong...🤔 Meta "is to help advertisers to fully create and target campaigns using artificial intelligence tools by the end of next year". www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Watch @rozsavage.bsky.social MBE, @libdems.org.uk MP for South Cotswolds speak at our recent event with @compinpolitics.bsky.social about restoring trust in politics. Roz was elected in 2024 after a career as an English ocean rower, environmental advocate, writer and speaker. youtu.be/XABJ0s7CcHc

. Adam Price MS, the Welsh politician and former leader of @plaidcymru.bsky.social has introduced ground breaking legislation in the Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament to disqualify politicians who lie from office. Watch Adam discuss it in this clip from our recent event. youtu.be/m229xCfoObU

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Do misleading ads have an impact on our often close run elections? Support our campaign to have rules for fact based claims in elections ads. (There are none in case you were wondering.) We are making progress. 👉 reformpoliticaladvertising.org/donate/

We need more leadership like this from Australian MP @zalisteggall.bsky.social on election advertising regulation from MPs in the UK …

This clip from former Labour MP and Minister @iancolinlucas.bsky.social at our recent event is really worth watching. “It is time for democrats across the world … to take back control of the process.” Watch the full event in the post below. youtu.be/QkLvEY2Un_I @zalisteggall.bsky.social

There seems to be growing consensus we need to take action about the disinformation crisis. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/m... Well we have an “oven ready” solution (so to speak) for our part of the jigsaw. 👉 reformpoliticaladvertising.org

Very pleasantly surprised to learn that the Fair Elections All-Party Parliamentary Group is the APPG with most MPs! After years of talking the ball is certainly in their court to make the next few ones of action. Great speeches @elliechowns.bsky.social @mp4stratford.bsky.social @blairmcdougall.com

Very much forward to this event tonight at the House of Commons hosted by @elliechowns.bsky.social MP and the APPG for Fair Elections: Strengthening democracy in an age of volatility.

We’re proposing a change to our broadcasting rules. Under this change, politicians could still present programmes, but could not be a newsreader, news interviewer or news reporter in any type of programme, without exceptional editorial justification. www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and...

We need more of this

UK MPs talking about restoring trust in politics take note. Australian independent MP @zalisteggall.bsky.social has impressively introduced two bills to prohibit misleading political ads. youtu.be/FfZ1rYb6lrE Watch our full recent event with @compinpolitics.bsky.social here. youtu.be/nu4N4OP2IvE

1. How much impact did the Fb “news service” set up by Bones have on the Labour vote? Labour “previously the bookies’ clear favourite, was elected with a majority of just 444 ballots, which detractors” said is a message of dissatisfaction. www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/politic...

🧵How much did unregulated election advertising distort the election results? Let’s look at a few of the wafer-thin margins: - Runcorn by-election - Reform beat Labour by 6 votes (0.02% share) - Doncaster mayoral election - Labour held off Reform by just 698 votes (1% share)