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Election-Watch.EU input on online political advertising regulation in Europe

10 Mar , 2022

Brussels, 10 March 2022: The European Commission proposed a Regulation of Online Political Advertisement in November 2021. Election-Watch.EU was consulted during the online consultation period and Election-Watch.EU’s Policy Paper on AI and Freedom of Expression in Political Competition and Elections was referenced by the European Commission in its Impact Assessment Report – SWD(2021)355.

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