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Make publishing false news a criminal act.

Submitted on Tuesday 14th February 2017

Rejected on Wednesday 22nd February 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make publishing false news a criminal act.

Petition Details

The internet is a vast network of news and information which should be trusted yet millions of people are being deliberately misguided into believing false information which causes unfair and sometimes dangerous judgements and opinions. True news should be of utmost importance in our society.

Additional Information

The following is a list of active fake news websites, it's easy to understand that people can be mislead to believing the false news published, therefore having mislead opnions and unfair judgements of political figures, celebrities, major word events and more. Some of the following are imitating real news websites which makes it easier for people to fall for the false stories. http://empirenews.net/ http://dailycurrant.com/ http://abcnews.com.co/ http://empirenews.net/ http://newyorker.com/


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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