Ban social media for under 13 instead of under 16

Rejected 10 signatures

What the petition asks

Well lots of children above 13 use there phones at school to get in contact with parents use some apps to help them get through daily struggles and school apps like teams ect it makes more sense to ban it for under 13, some children rely on some websites like samaritins kooth ect so please consider.

Like I said some of these children rely on some websites like childline, samaritons, kooth ect and the NHS 24/7 website some children use it for school apps like teams and some use social media to cope i understand that you want to protect children but I feel like ban it for under 13 would be much better than under 16 please I beg of you put this into consideration thank you

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

21 Feb 2026	Petition opened for signatures
16 Mar 2026	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 10

Status Rejected

Rejected 16 Mar 2026

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