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Petition · past parliament · Office of the Leader of the House of Commons

Create an official federated social networking presence for MPs

Closed 261 signatures

What the petition asks

Federated social networking is starting to become more popular, and is an alternative to centralized social media networks, which most MPs currently use. We believe it makes sense for MPs to have access to a clearly official presence.
I would suggest that the body managing parliament.uk should set up social.parliament.uk as an instance for federated social networking. There are many open source projects that could be used for this which are not a product or business. This would provide MPs with access to an official social media presence. Ideally this would also be properly archived for public record.

Timeline

14 Nov 2022 Petition opened for signatures
14 May 2023 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 261
Status Closed
Department Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
Opened 14 Nov 2022
Closed 14 May 2023

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