Fund a free, nationwide 'Parental Control App' to keep all children safe online

Closed 278 signatures

What the petition asks

We believe there is a national mental health crisis with young people that is largely connected to increased time online, social media advances and algorithms. We believe this is having a devastating impact on young people’s physical and emotional development, and their safety.

There are many parental control apps that monitor activity, block websites, filter words & website searches, block apps, put time limits on apps etc. We think these enable young people to be able to access the online world in a healthy way, whilst giving parents the tools to parent in both the online and real world. We believe that funding a nationwide app that provides parental controls for free would make all the difference to young people's wellbeing.

Timeline

24 Mar 2025	Petition opened for signatures
24 Sep 2025	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 278

Status Closed

Department Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Opened 24 Mar 2025

Closed 24 Sep 2025

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