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Require Social media sites review every post/comment before publication
Closed
18 signatures
What the petition asks
To prevent offensive comments, including racism, and the spread of fake news, social media platforms should be required to review all posts/comments before publication, so that offensive or false content is not published at all.
At present social media sites only remove content after it has been published, by which time it may already have been seen by thousands of people. If social media sites were required to review posts/comments before they were published, it would prevent harmful content from ever being seen.
Timeline
| 19 Apr 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 19 Oct 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
18
Status
Closed
Opened
19 Apr 2021
Closed
19 Oct 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.