More severe punishment (sentencing) for racial abuse on social media.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

In light of the racial abuses that England black players had to face because of yesterday’s Euro cup final ( 11 July 2021). There should be stricter legislations to curb these racial abusers.

The country should take a sticker stand on racism, specially since yesterday after the Euro cup final.

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

Social media companies to be held accountable for racially abusive posts: Social media companies to be held accountable for racially abusive posts

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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