Submitted on Tuesday 26th March 2019
Rejected on Tuesday 4th June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Restore confidence in petition.parliament.uk by using ID verification
In 2016 the petition calling for a 2nd EU referendum was confirmed to be hacked. Recently a petition 'revoke article 50' might seems to have an unnaturally high number of signatures. If petition signers had to register and complete ID verification it would restore trust in the system.
Discussion of the 2016 hack in the press:
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fears-new-brexit-vote-petition-8286529
Channel 4 confirms it is possible to sign multiple times using fake email addresses
https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-is-the-stop-brexit-petition-reliable
A discussion around the 2016 petition with the hacking method and solutions exists here:
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/128422/is-the-uk-parliament-e-petition-system-trustworthy
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/260039
In any case, we already monitor petitions to check for fraudulent activity. We use a number of techniques, automated and manual, to identify and block signatures from bots, disposable email addresses or other sources that show signs of fraudulent activity. We also monitor signing patterns. For security reasons, we don’t tell people when their fraudulent activity has been unsuccessful.
We don’t comment in detail about the security measures, but all petitions are subject to checks as part of due diligence and any concerns investigated.
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