Influencer culture

Culture, Media and Sport Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 26 Mar 2021 Closed: 23 Sep 2022 Parliament page
The inquiry will examine the power of influencers on social media, how influencer culture operates, and will consider the absence of regulation on the promotion of products or services, aside from the existing policies of individual platforms. Research showed that more than three-quarters of influencers “buried their disclosures within their … Read more
6 Recommendations
1 Report
7 Oral sessions
1 Letter
7 Events
Activity timeline 18 events
1 Feb
2022
1 Feb
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
27 Jan
2022
27 Jan
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
18 Jan
2022
18 Jan
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
25 Nov
2021
25 Nov
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 7 sessions
Chris Philp MP · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Mark Griffin · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Sarah Connolly · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
George Lusty · Competition and Markets Authority Guy Parker · Advertising Standards Authority
Elizabeth Kanter · TikTok Iain Bundred · BBC Ronan Costello · Twitter Tom Gault · Instagram
Abbie Richards Becca Lewis Dr Giovanni De Gregorio Dr Robyn Caplan Dr Stephanie Alice Baker Sara McCorquodale
Dr Catalina Goanta Dr Ysabel Gerrard Ed Magee · National Network for Children in Employment and Entertainment Helen Wills · Actually Mummy Professor Sonia Livingstone Sergei Urban · The Dad Lab
Amy Bryant-Jeffries · Gleam Futures Amy Hart Ben Jeffries · Influencer.com Nicole Ocran Professor Brooke Erin Duffy
Dr Crystal Abidin Dr Francesca Sobande Em Sheldon Keith Weed · Advertising Association Sarah Brin · Media Molecule
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
39 Recommendation Rejected
Twelfth report - Influencer cultur…
We recommend that the Advertising Standards Authority introduce a requirement to the UK Code of...
We recommend that the Advertising Standards Authority introduce a requirement to the UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising (CAP Code) for virtual influencers to be watermarked. Intermediaries
Government Response
The ASA has not received any complaints relating to virtual influencers. They are not aware of research that suggests that virtual influencers are causing advertising-related harm and do not have the basis to consider further, at this stage, the recommendation that virtual influencers should be watermarked when the account is being used to advertise to online users.
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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Government Response AI assessment · 4 of 6 classified

Total 6 recs
Correspondence 1 letter
8 Mar 2022 To committee Letter from Chris Philp MP, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, relating to Influencers oral evidence on 1 February, 28 February 2022
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