Make one instance of racial abuse on social media grounds for a lifetime ban.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

Introduce legislation/guidelines for social media companies in which one instance of racial abuse or racist rhetoric on social media leads to a lifetime ban on that platform.
This can be through community guidelines being monitored or another user reporting the post.

There needs to be a way to stop racial abuse that does not impede freedom of expression for those that use social media appropriately. If a single comment can equate to a lifetime ban from that platform this will protect other users from racist abuse as well as showing a zero tolerance approach to such rhetoric.

Why it was rejected

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

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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

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 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 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 19 Jul 2021

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