Ban the infinite scroll.

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

Banning the infinite scroll is included in the proposed Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology (SMART) Act in the USA. Studying this act will further inform the importance of this petition. It is at the heart of fuelling social media addiction, taking choice away from the user.

I do not need to list all the negative externalities of social media addiction as they are well known and easy to research. Mental health has been disregarded in history and it is time to act to now. It is also a very simple bill, causing little ‘effort’ for companies to change.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about how users navigate websites are a matter for website designers, not the Government or Parliament. As a result it is not possible for the Government or Parliament to take the action you have requested.

Timeline

8 Dec 2021	Petition opened for signatures
13 Dec 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Dec 2021

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