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Remove social media accounts that display any form of racism!

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Zero tolerance to racism on social media. All social media accounts that have any form of racism should be shut down with immediate effect. There should be no place for any form of racism on social media.
I believe it’s time we took a stand against people hiding behind their social media accounts to display horrendous acts of racism. They should not be aloud and it should be shut down with immediate effect.

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

Timeline

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

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 Jul 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.