EU to protect elections against foreign saboteurs and Big Tech

But lobbyists continue to fight back

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Provisional inter-institutional agreement on the proposal on political advertising reached © European Union (2023)
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Provisional inter-institutional agreement on the proposal on political advertising reached © European Union (2023)

European lawmakers have agreed a range of measures designed to protect elections and prevent a fragmentation of policies across the EU.

European lawmakers have agreed plans to ban political advertisements targeting specific ethnic and religious communities, and to block ads funded by foreign lobbyists in the run up to an election, ...

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