#GE2017: what the manifestos say about digital and tech

We want you to make an informed and responsible electoral choice on Thursday. These resources will help you learn the parties’ stances on digital and tech.

Party manifestos

• Conservative manifesto
• Greens manifesto
• Labour manifesto
• Liberal Democrats manifesto
• SNP manifesto

For the tl:dr crowd, Open Rights Group has summarised all of the digital rights issues addressed in the manifestos here.

TechUK has also done a digital-specific manifesto briefing.

Further resources

• Open Rights Group election hub
• UKIE (games industry) manifesto briefing
• Computer Weekly on party digital pledges
• IAPP (privacy professionals) briefing on manifestos
• Panopticon blog on information rights
• Hawktawk blog on digital rights

Hidden at the end of the Tory manifesto is a pretty astonishing commitment to actively regulating the internet. https://t.co/LasN18021r

— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) May 18, 2017