Rejected petition Statistics used in political campaigns should be backed by accessible evidence

Any statistics used in democratic campaigns, such as referendums or elections, should require evidence in order to be used and that evidence should be made easily accessible (like on a campaign's website). This would promote informed scrutiny of campaigns and the use of statistics based on facts

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Misinformation is on the rise and is creeping into democratic processes around the world. The idea behind is not to hinder what can be said, but to make it easier for the public to identify for themselves where statistics have come from untrustworthy or invalid sources, or have be spun in a certain favour.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The Government isn't responsible for how political campaigns make information supporting their views available.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to make it illegal to make false or inaccurate claims in political campaign material, if that's something you want to happen.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 13 January 2021
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