Ms Carole Cadwalladr:

The committee is in this leadership position because it has collective power in terms of countries acting together. There have been these very strong recommendations from bodies, such as the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, IPA, on a total moratorium on micro-targeted political advertisements. At the moment, we know these elections are not safe, and that has been documented. Until the platforms can prove they are safe and prove they will stay within the confines of the law, I think it is perfectly reasonable to have a pause, for which the Information Commissioner in Britain has asked, or a moratorium to give a chance to assess and to gather in the expert evidence, and see if the current situation is beneficial to our respective democracies.