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Allow the press to freely report on grooming gangs which are becoming too common

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Since the arrest on Tommy Robinson for reporting on grooming gangs and subsequently leading to all media being deleted afterwards I want to put a stop to this. Freedom of press and free speech is a pilar of our society, without it we have a totalitarian fascist country.
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2018/05/orwells-nightmare-articles-about-tommy-robinsons-arrest-rapidly-scrubbed-from-the-internet/

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 asking for a specific change in the contempt of court laws, if that's what you'd like to happen.

Timeline

27 May 2018 Petition opened for signatures
1 Jun 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 1 Jun 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.