Petition · past parliament

Ban strangers taking direct photos/videos of children without a parents consent

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Make it illegal for an adult to directly photograph or video children under 18 in public places.
Because it’s unacceptable that any adult can directly photograph or video a child in public and then do what they wish with the images without any permission from a parent or guardian

Why it was rejected

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

You may like to sign the below petition we have open on the topic:

Ban the taking of photographs of children without parental consent
Ban the taking of photographs of children without parental consent

Timeline

14 Aug 2021 Petition opened for signatures
18 Aug 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Aug 2021

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