End racist abuse on social media platforms and prosecute people who post abuse.

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Meet with social media companies to agree on how they will tackle this issue.

Racist abuse or and other type of bullying has no place on social media. It needs to end

Why it was rejected

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

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Produce and enforce a zero-tolerance strategy to end racism on social media: Produce and enforce a zero-tolerance strategy to end racism on social media

Require social media platforms’ terms of use to prohibit racism and hate speech: Require social media platforms’ terms of use to prohibit racism and hate speech

Increase legal penalties for those convicted of online racial abuse: Increase legal penalties for those convicted of online racial abuse

Require Social media sites review every post/comment before publication: Require Social media sites review every post/comment before publication

Decisions about prosecuting individuals for any offences relating to online abuse would be a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service, not the Government or House of Commons.

Timeline

12 Jul 2021	Petition opened for signatures
19 Jul 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Jul 2021

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