Add Trigger Warnings (TW) to adverts containing distressing images, abuse, harm.

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

There's various adverts on TV containing details of human & animal abuse, malnutrition, starvation. Whilst I agree it is important to try and help and gain publicity in order to do this I feel we should be able to choose to see this and it should include a trigger warning before coming onto screen.

Films have age ratings on to stop children seeing this due to it being inappropriate, programmes have a warning before showing distressing images/graphic nature. Not only children do these adverts affect but adults too! It should be a choice to see adverts of this nature and not forced upon our screens. Especially for example someone with a background of abuse and then a NSPCC advert comes on telling details of abuse suffered, this can be distressing to say the least towards vulnerable people.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

You seem to be asking advertisers or broadcasters to take this action, not the Government or Parliament.

If you would like the law to be changed, to require warnings before any material showing human or animal abuse is broadcast, you could start a petition asking for that.

Timeline

18 Dec 2015	Petition opened for signatures
21 Dec 2015	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 Dec 2015

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