Make online abuse an illegal and punishable hate crime

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Take action and protect people online. Enforce a law to make social media owners really regulate the social media space. New fake accounts should be traceable to the owner and racist/abusive comments should go straight to their employer or police depending on the severity.

Everyday new fake accounts are popping up and people are being hurt very badly emotionally which is arguably just as bad as physically. Blocking or temporarily deleting abusive comments is not enough. Disgusting words that should never be okay to stay in the public or in a workplace should stop being allowed online, more action should be taken to protect high profile people from any kind of abuse because they are also people.

Why it was rejected

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

Online abuse is already against the law, but we have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

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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

Make verified ID a requirement for opening a social media account: Make verified ID a requirement for opening a social media account.

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 20 Jul 2021

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