CAN response to UK riots

The Conscious Advertising Network (CAN) responds to UK riots fueled by online misinformation and hate speech, urging advertisers to break the economic link between their spending and harmful content. CAN advocates for a review of the Online Safety Act and encourages members to audit their site lists, review misinformation policies, and support staff from global majority backgrounds.

• CAN asserts that recent riots in the UK were driven by online misinformation characterized by xenophobia and hate speech, which targeted people of colour.
• CAN argues that the UK's Online Safety Act is insufficient to address the current scale of offline and online hate and disinformation, and the organization intends to engage with OFCOM and the government to review it.
• To prevent the inadvertent funding of disinformation, CAN recommends that advertisers audit their site and app lists, review keyword block lists to avoid defunding quality journalism, and ensure their misinformation policies are being implemented.
• CAN continues to collaborate with the UN on the United Global Principles for Information Integrity to address how technology has increased the volume, velocity, and virality of hate speech and misinformation.

APA

Kingaby, H., & Dubbins, J. (2024). CAN response to UK riots. Conscious Advertising Network. https://www.consciousadnetwork.com/can-response-to-uk-riots/

Chicago

Kingaby, Harriet, and Jake Dubbins. CAN response to UK riots. Conscious Advertising Network, 2024. https://www.consciousadnetwork.com/can-response-to-uk-riots/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{kingaby2024can, author = {Kingaby, Harriet and Dubbins, Jake}, title = {{CAN response to UK riots}}, publisher = {Conscious Advertising Network}, year = {2024}, month = aug, url = {https://www.consciousadnetwork.com/can-response-to-uk-riots/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }