Petition · Home Office

Make 'Tragedy Chanting' online a specific criminal offence

Closed 699 signatures

What the petition asks

I wish for the Government/Parliament to legislate to make the act of Tragedy Chanting/Posting on-line a specific criminal offence.
Provide police and the CPS with the powers to prosecute such triggering and traumatising acts.
As a survivor of the Hillsborough Disaster, I have felt, and witnessed the consequences of people using football disasters, to mock others, leading to being triggered and sent into depression.
This is to try and prevent these actions becoming the norm in today's society.
This is NOT banter, It's trauma for ALL survivors, of ALL disasters. I wish to make the football world a safer place for other survivors like myself.

Timeline

16 Jan 2026 Petition opened for signatures
16 Jul 2026 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 699
Status Closed
Department Home Office
Opened 16 Jan 2026
Closed 16 Jul 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 3 Aug 2026.