Wednesday’s Top Stories: New election laws delayed, Irish beef exports to China suspended after BSE found

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May Saad (13) is rescued alive under the rubble of a destroyed building in Gaza. Photograph: Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu/Getty New laws enabling the State’s democratic watchdog to regulate political advertising and combat misinformation during elections have not been brought into operation following concerns raised by the European Commission and objections by social media giants. The Electoral Reform Act was passed by the Oireachtas last year, and a new body, the Electoral Commission, was set up this year to run and monitor elections and referendums. Under the Act the commission has been given extensive powers to monitor and regulate election campaigning online,...