Petition · past parliament
Abolish the Snoopers Charter (Investigative Powers Bill)
Rejected
19 signatures
What the petition asks
Known as the Investigative Powers Bill, this is a Mass Surveillance law which further extends the government's ability to collect all of our communications. The police and intelligence services should target people suspected of crimes instead of collecting everyone's data, all of the time.
It will force ISPs and Mobile Phone networks to keep records of all communication its customers have. This includes browsing history, emails, text messages, phone calls, social media use and instant messaging. In addition it will give further power to security agencies and law enforcement agencies to access this data for whatever they deem to be acceptable reasons
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 19 Nov 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 23 Nov 2016 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
19
Status
Rejected
Rejected
23 Nov 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.