SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

EDRi calls on Parliament's political groups to ban micro-targeting in their election campaigns

Brussels, 14/05/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 14 May, the European Digital Rights (EDRi) organisation wrote to the six main political groups at the European Parliament to ask them to make a commitment not to pay for micro-targeting on Facebook or any other platform during their campaigns in the 2019 European elections. 

“Politicians have asked everyone else to 'self-regulate', now it is their turn to turn words into deeds”, said Joe McNamee, Executive Director of European Digital Rights (EDRi).

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