Petition · past parliament · Cabinet Office

Make All Social Media Content From Government and Ministers Accessible

Closed 199 signatures

What the petition asks

Increasingly, government ministers and departmental social media accounts are sharing info through images without alternative text. For visually impaired people, this content is inaccessible. The government must ensure that all content it and its Ministers produce is fully accessible to everyone.
As social media becomes more prevalent, the government and ministers are using it increasingly to share important and timely information — and rightly so. However, without alternative text to describe images for visually impaired people, and subtitles on videos for those who are deaf, this content is not accessible to everyone. These accessibility tools are easily useable and built-in to primary social media platforms; they should be used by all our democratic representatives.

Timeline

5 Aug 2020 Petition opened for signatures
5 Feb 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 199
Status Closed
Department Cabinet Office
Opened 5 Aug 2020
Closed 5 Feb 2021

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