Refine the communications act of 2003 section 127A and Act 1988, Section 1

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The right to offend is an important part of free speech and the communications act does not define within reason what offensive speech IS and furthermore this act is selectively enforced to silence certain opinions and ideas whilst refusing to do the same against other groups.

The act in question in the face of free speech, it is without an objective standard and is so broad that it can easily be misused. The provisions to exclude comedy from this section have been shown to be ineffective in recent trials, as the courts have successfully argued that they can decide the context. Humour is subjective, thus the court cannot be able to discount this at will. We ask for an update to account for digital content creators and give them the same protections as broadcasters.

Why it was rejected

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

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Timeline

20 Mar 2018	Petition opened for signatures
26 Mar 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Mar 2018

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