Stop jailing people for posting offensive, none threatening comments online.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

I, aswell as a number of people I share online media with are all fed up of having to be careful about what we say online incase one of us is the next victim, reported to the police for causing offence to some whiny little justice warrior. Being offensive isn't harmful and people need to chill out!

I believe the article below is a great write up on this subject. I feel I must bring attention to what Thomas Hughes, executive director of free speech organisation says about this as I feel his statement on this subject is a very realistic one:

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/jun/13/jail-someone-for-being-offensive-twitter-facebook

Long live free speech and the right to offend! Offensive language isn't dangerous. Only threatening language is. Differentiation between the two is crucial.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action. You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could ask for a specific change to the law.

Timeline

24 Sep 2016	Petition opened for signatures
2 Dec 2016	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 2 Dec 2016

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