Petition · past parliament

Make it an offence to share film footage of assault with intent to humiliate.

Closed 103 signatures

What the petition asks

Too many young people are sharing footage of fights and assaults with the intent to humiliate the innocent victims.
I would like the UK government to make it illegal to share film footage on social media or via phone to phone where the intent is to humiliate the victim. An example being the young innocent girl who was seriously assaulted and then the footage was shared with the intent to cause her further distress.

Timeline

14 Dec 2018 Petition opened for signatures
14 Jun 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 103
Status Closed
Opened 14 Dec 2018
Closed 14 Jun 2019

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