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The party used the platform to target older voters with simple messaging about Brexit and Jeremy Corbyn. The Conservative Party spent more than any other party on Facebook and Instagram adverts in the run-up to last week’s General Election, analysis by the PA news agency has found.

The Labour Party has vowed to overhaul the country’s cybersecurity with the creation of a co-ordinating minister and a review of the National Cyber Security Centre’s role. The party’s manifesto also commits to introducing a Charter of Digital Rights to protect children online. In its 2019 manifesto, the party warned that services such as the NHS, nuclear facilities, transport systems and communications networks are vulnerable to cyberattacks as we become more dependent on digital technology.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has written to 13 main parties to remind that their campaign activity is being monitored. Political parties have been warned that the data regulator will be watching over their General Election campaigning activity to ensure it stays within the law.