Make Crowdfunding for pressure groups more accountable and less anonymous.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

The recent phenomenon of Crowdfunding allows pressure groups to be founded and funded with little accountability. These groups then gain influence in British politics and with the media, allowing one sided arguments to be presented without any accountability who is funding them.

A recent Crowdfunder for an anti-trans pressure group has seen 2 anonymous donations of £12,850 within minutes of each other, along with several donations of £5,000. The group there donations were given to are pushing material into UK schools advocating against medically recognised best practice of supporting transgender children, as well as having the the support of journalists, and ear of several politicians and clinicians.

But who are these donations from?
Who is influencing British policy?

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.

We're not sure exactly whether you would like to regulate crowdfunding campaigns or pressure groups.

You could start a new petition calling for regulation of donations to pressure groups, including a requirement to publish details of donations above a certain amount, if that's what you like to see happen.

Timeline

8 Jul 2019	Petition opened for signatures
26 Jul 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Jul 2019

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