Petition · past parliament · Home Office
Ban and block applications that risk national and data security
Closed
41 signatures
What the petition asks
Applications should be banned or filtered from online stores for users in the UK and their use blocked. State surveillance and data harvesting by countries such as China must be taken seriously.
Continuing to allow such applications to be used in the UK could damage our national security. They should be banned from app stores accessible from UK IP addresses.
Timeline
| 7 Oct 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 7 Apr 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
41
Status
Closed
Department
Home Office
Opened
7 Oct 2020
Closed
7 Apr 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.