Stop MPs arbitrarily blocking citizens on official Twitter/social media accounts

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

MPs who use social media channels (Twitter, FB, etc.) in an official political or governmntal capacity should not be able to block users - selectively or arbitrarily - based on opinions, views or questions they find objectionable or inconvenient.

The UK is a parliamentary democracy & MPs are representatives of all constituents, not merely delegates of those they agree with. It’s apparent more MPs of all parties are choosing only to engage with select people online - blocking views or questions they don't want to hear, and turning their official online accounts into echo chambers. Abusive behaviour should always be excluded, but MP's surgeries do not discriminate according to conversation or question – nor should their online channels.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: Extend the rules of conduct for MPs to cover exchanges on social media

Timeline

2 Feb 2022	Petition opened for signatures
8 Feb 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 8 Feb 2022

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