Remove anonymity for commenters on online media outlets

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

People use the anonymity allowed by creating random usernames to troll individuals on media outlets. Articles are put together in such a way to incite hate online through the comment section. People should be held accountable for their words.

I have personally been trolled on media outlets, by nameless individuals behind a keyboard. It affects my life a huge amount and I know the same for so many others. We know so many awful endings for trolling and commenting on how someone looks, there needs to be more in place to stop those commenting horrific statements with no repercussions. I have seen and felt it first hand and a difference needs the be made for the future generation.

Why it was rejected

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

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about the information people need to provide to post comments are a matter for individual media companies, not the UK Government or Parliament.

We could accept a petition calling on the Government to require media companies to verify the identity of people posting on their sites, and publish the full names of commenters, if that's what you want to happen.

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Timeline

25 Apr 2023	Petition opened for signatures
28 Apr 2023	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Apr 2023

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