Report a missing or incorrect digital imprint
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What to report to us
By law, digital election campaign material, as well as printed material, in Scotland must have an imprint. There is currently no law covering digital content in the rest of the UK.
We can only take action in certain circumstances.
We can take action if the material is about:
- an election in Scotland
We can’t take action if it is about:
- a candidate in Scotland. This is a matter for the police
- an election elsewhere in the UK
- a UK Parliamnetary general election or by-election
- an individual’s personal political opinion on a party or campaigner, if they are not closely associated with that party
Candidates in Scotland
If you see digital election campaign material about a candidate in Scotland which is missing an imprint, or with an incorrect imprint, please report this to the police.
Report a missing or incorrect imprint
Seen digital election campaign material missing an imprint, or with an incorrect imprint? Use this form to report it to us.
Submit a missing or incorrect imprint report
What happens after you submit the form
Once you have submitted the form, a member of our team will review it and consider what action needs to be taken.
At this stage, the digital imprint rules are new and not all campaigners will be familiar with how to meet them.
The information you have provided will help us to make sure the rules are being followed, and will be very helpful to us in reviewing the success of these rules.
As a first step, we may contact campaigners who have published digital election campaign material without an imprint and ask them to include an imprint. We may ask them to remove the content immediately if they are unable to do so.
Where appropriate, we may need to open an investigation. This could lead to a fine.
If we open an investigation, the outcome will be published once it has concluded.
We are unable to respond individually to every report that we receive.
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