Bring in tougher legislation for hate crimes/speech on social media sites

Rejected 17 signatures

What the petition asks

Social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat need to have tougher consequences for hate crimes and speech. Deleting and blocking accounts is not enough. Punishment for online hate speech and crime needs to be stronger. Details for individuals need to be passed to the police.

Social media sites have to be responsible for the care of users.
They have to show full transparency when reporting and there should be zero tolerance for hate speech & crime and online bullying of any kind.
It’s not enough to just block or delete a page.
It should be harder to join and be monitored more thoroughly than it is at the moment.

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 investigating alleged offences and prosecuting these are a matter for the police and 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 17

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Jul 2021

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