Increase the age limit on all Social Media applications to 16.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

A minimum age limit on all social media. All social media channels including but not exclusive to, Facebook, Twitter, Tik Tok & Snapchat. When a child becomes 16 they can then have an account where they are "mentored" by a responsible adult and usage monitored until they are 18.

Since the invention of social media, for all its positives it hides many negatives. The exposure of children to sex offenders, the inhability to switch off, bullying through being unable to ever escape(our houses used to be safe havens), negative imagery. The tracking ability of some of these apps, enabling stalking. The fact that media/advertising can send adult targeted ads to children through it sales programs. Finally Fake news, its full of untruths. Its a public health crisis, police it.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Make the legal age for social media users to 18+

Timeline

9 Mar 2020	Petition opened for signatures
13 Mar 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Mar 2020

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