Look into restricting the influence of foreign ownership of UK news media.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Recent events such as the Election & EU Referendum have shown undue influences from newspapers under foreign ownership. Those owners may have their own interests at heart & show undue political bias towards parties which may put financial incentives above the best interests of the British people.

News papers such as The Sun are owned by foreign companies & nationals, repeatedly we see headlines that are misleading or wrong & may sway the electorate. When those falsehoods are proven to be inaccurate they print a small retraction inside the publication & carry on as normal. In the EU referendum misquoted figures for immigration & spending could have influenced voters.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Only Residents and Domiciles should be allowed to own British media companies

Timeline

2 Jul 2016	Petition opened for signatures
15 Jul 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Jul 2016

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