Reasons to be Cheerful with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd

113. WHY AM I SEEING THIS AD: regulating campaigns in the digital age

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Episode notes

Hello! Why are political adverts banned on TV and radio but allowed all over websites like Facebook and Google? Is it time to update our campaign laws for the 21st century? Sam Jeffers explains how campaign group ‘Who Targets Me’ are opening up the black box of online ads in elections. Then digital campaigning expert Kate Dommett talks about why current electoral rules aren’t up to the job and what we need to do to fix them.

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The wonderful Sooz Kempner is here to chat through this week of the election campaign. 

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