Petition · past parliament
Place a ban on newspapers and media promoting one-sided propaganda.
Rejected
17 signatures
What the petition asks
In the build up to the EU vote newspapers and media promoted political views in the form of propaganda, although both sides of the vote participated most newspapers are owned by one individual that aggressively promoted an agenda. With information that was repeatedly proven false, and swayed a vote.
The evidence is everywhere.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 26 Jun 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Jul 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
17
Status
Rejected
Rejected
14 Jul 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.