Petition · past parliament

Make all broadcaster social media & website content subject to Ofcom regulation.

Rejected 9 signatures

What the petition asks

Ofcom regulate TV & Radio news. These services must report news with due impartiality. Increasing use of social media and websites by these services is not covered by the regulator, or by their regulations. Extend the mandate of Ofcom to ensure due impartiality by news broadcasters on these media.

Why it was rejected

It was not clear what the petition asked the UK Government or Parliament to do.

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you would like Ofcom to regulate all broadcaster online content. However Ofcom only regulate the BBC, Channel 3, Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C. We're not sure whether you would like your petition to extend Ofcom's remit for regulating these channels, or whether you would like Ofcom to regulate other channels.

We're also not sure what you mean by website content. It is already under Ofcom's remit to regulate video-on-demand services, so you need to be clear what other website content you would like to see regulated.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

Timeline

8 Nov 2021 Petition opened for signatures
24 Nov 2021 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 9
Status Rejected
Rejected 24 Nov 2021

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