Introduce people having to verify their identity to make social media accounts

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Ensure people have to upload some form of ID to prove their identity like when you create a betting account. Everyone should have to use their real names and not use pictures taken from the internet, for example pictures of footballers.

Social media is great when it’s used in the right way but sadly some people misuse it. It allows people to get away with bullying and the police aren’t always able to help as they don’t have access to the perpetrators details. It happens to thousands of people every day, celebrities and non-celebrities. Some people may commit suicide because of fake accounts and many will have mental health issues as a result, let’s stop this from happening instead of having to deal with the consequences.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Ban anonymous accounts on social media: Ban anonymous accounts on social media

Require social media platforms to validate user IDs: Require social media platforms to validate user IDs

Timeline

4 Nov 2020	Petition opened for signatures
11 Nov 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Nov 2020

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