https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/ en https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/data-protection-and-democracy <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Data Protection and Democracy</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">Peter Ryan</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sat, 09/04/2021 - 10:12</span> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Date Published</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2018-08-06T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Mon, 08/06/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Category</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/99" hreflang="en">Democracy</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource</div> <div class="field__item">Policy Paper</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>Examination of the expansion of data collection and its use as a tool for the manipulation of elections.</p> <p>Several recommendations are made which will help safeguard our democracy against unfair or malicious influence from companies or foreign states.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>― There should be a ban on political advertising on social media that is funded by individuals or organisations based outwith the electoral area (e.g. political advertising in Scottish elections should be funded only by organisations and individuals within Scotland).</p> <p>― All political donations should be fully traceable and there should be a cap on donations made by any individual or organisation in a single year or single democratic event.</p> <p>― The costs of directly employed staff working on election and referendum campaigns should count towards campaigning body political spending.</p> <p>― All campaign materials should carry an imprint showing who funded the material. Election spending returns should include more detailed information about advertising spending.</p> <p>― All social media campaign material should be registered with the Electoral Commission and publicly displayed on a library of such material alongside data on where it was posted and how it was targeted. This will allow those who were not targeted by this material to see it and to allow voters to see who holds their data and how it was being used.</p> <p>― The fines for breaching election campaign rules are far too low – to the point of being easily “costed in” to deliberate breaches. The cost of breaches should exceed the benefit of doing so, up to and including disbarring candidates from office and re-running elections or referendums.</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-resource-url field--type-link field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Resource Address (URL)</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Data-Protection-and-Democracy.pdf">https://commonweal.scot/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Data-Protection-and-Democrac…</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/731" hreflang="en">Data protection</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/407" hreflang="en">Elections</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/730" hreflang="en">Political advertising</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/556" hreflang="en">political donations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/360" hreflang="en">Election spending</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/510" hreflang="en">Election campaign rules</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sat, 04 Sep 2021 09:12:51 +0000 Stephen Richard 267 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com https://sil2.e-infinitum.com/our-democracy-not-sale <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Our Democracy Is Not For Sale</span> <div class="field field--name-field-author-or-creator field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Primary Author or Creator</div> <div class="field__item">Peter Ryan</div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span lang="" about="/user/18" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Stephen Richard</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden">Sat, 09/04/2021 - 10:03</span> <div class="field field--name-field-additional-author-s-creato field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Additional Author(s) / Creators</div> <div class="field__item">Common Weal</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-date-published field--type-datetime field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Date Published</div> <div class="field__item"><time datetime="2018-08-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">Mon, 08/20/2018 - 12:00</time> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Category</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/74" hreflang="en">Scottish government</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-type field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Type of Resource</div> <div class="field__item">Policy Paper</div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Fast Facts</div> <div class="field__item"><p>This paper looks at the vulnerabilities in the UK’s electoral process in the form of the lax regulation around digital political adverts. Such adverts can be bought cheaply and tightly micro-targeted at individual voters. The current fines levied against groups who over-spend on campaigns is low enough that not only do they provide no deterrence to overspending, the fines risk becoming actively “costed in” to campaigns mounted by well-funded yet unscrupulous organisations.</p></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-precis field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">More details</div> <div class="field__item"><p>― All digital campaigning materials should contain an imprint saying who is behind the campaign and who created it.</p> <p>― The current fines for breaching campaign rules are too low and can be included as “the cost of business” by unscrupulous campaigners. Fines and other penalties must be increased and campaign spending must be more transparent.</p> <p>― Reportable political donations must be barred to individuals and organisations based outwith the area covered by the election or referendum in question. For example, a Scottish election or referendum campaign should be funded only by individuals and organisations based in Scotland or who pay Scottish taxes.</p> <p>― The powers of the Electoral Commission to ensure compliance with regulations must be increased.</p> <p>― Rules around the control of spending within a defined “campaigning period” should be reviewed to consider extending the defined period or including spending</p></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Keywords</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/407" hreflang="en">Elections</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/730" hreflang="en">Political advertising</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/556" hreflang="en">political donations</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/732" hreflang="en">Electoral Commission</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/360" hreflang="en">Election spending</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-related-questions field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Related Questions</div> <div class='field__items'> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/37" hreflang="en">How will Scotland be governed?</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="field-language-display"> <fieldset class="js-form-item js-form-type-item form-type-item js-form-item- form-item- form-group"> <label>Language</label> English </fieldset> </div> Sat, 04 Sep 2021 09:03:50 +0000 Stephen Richard 156 at https://sil2.e-infinitum.com