Change the social media ban for under 13s instead of 16s

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

You are thinking of banning social media for under 16s, I think you should change it to under 13s. I have had many people across social media complaining about this aswell, some children use social media to escape the reality, some use it to study/revise

It will help childrens mental health, it will help them study with educational videos, when we have homework at school we would be able to watch YouTube videos to help us.

Why it was rejected

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

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Government ban on social media to be for under 13s only
Government ban on social media to be for under 13s only

Timeline

19 Feb 2026	Petition opened for signatures
9 Mar 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 9 Mar 2026

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