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Re:Zuckerberg summoned to House Of Commons inquiry by nicoburns on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @10:17PM (#16634756)
You may be missing the context that political adverts are strictly regulated in the UK (and most of europe). For example, there are no politicians in TV commercials, no politicians on billboards, etc.
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Re:Zuckerberg summoned to House Of Commons inquiry by DaiPlusPlus on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @07:12AM (#16637013)
There are TV spots and billboards, I’m not sure where you’re getting that from.

TV spots: https://www.google.com/search?q=youtube+uk+party+political+b...

Billboards: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=david+cameron+billb...

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Re:Zuckerberg summoned to House Of Commons inquiry by sweeneyrod on Wednesday March 21, 2018 @08:59AM (#16637610)
But party political broadcasts are time political advertising on TV and radio is allowed, by the Communications Act 2003.
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