New bill will help make political advertising on social media more transparent - Fianna Fail

Fianna Fáil TD James Lawless has introduced a new Bill in the Dáil which he says aims to ensure integrity within the online political sphere and tackle the rise of phoney accounts and orchestrated, anti-democratic online campaigns on various social media networks.

Fianna Fáil TD James Lawless has introduced a new Bill in the Dáil which he says aims to ensure integrity within the online political sphere and tackle the rise of phoney accounts and orchestrated, anti-democratic online campaigns on various social media networks.

According to the party the ‘Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017’ contains a number of measures aimed at exposing those that professionally engage in "false flag" and deceptive advertising in order to disrupt the democratic process.