Petition · past parliament
#RecogniseBodyImage for the first time in UK law
Closed
955 signatures
What the petition asks
Government should #RecogniseBodyImage as a priority in the Online Harms Legislation. This would require social media companies to recognise body image in their community standards, to foster healthier and realistic representations of body image, and require this content to be regulated.
With one in three UK teenagers feeling ‘ashamed of their body’ (Guardian, 2019), two in five girls aged 11-16 saying they have seen images online that make them feel insecure or less confident (Girl Guides, 2021) and almost three in ten adult men aged 18 and over feeling anxious due to body images (MHF, 2019), it is clear that social media platforms are perpetuating a false perception of body image and beauty standards, which is having a detrimental impact on the population.
Timeline
| 29 Oct 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 29 Apr 2022 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
955
Status
Closed
Opened
29 Oct 2021
Closed
29 Apr 2022
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.