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Remove webpages promoting suicide and self harm

Submitted on Friday 30th November 2012

Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)

Petition Action

Remove webpages promoting suicide and self harm

Additional Information

Webpages promoting suicide and self harm may not be the sole cause of suicide and self harm but it contributes to the death of so many individuals. As a society we should be reaching out to those suffering, not encouraging suicide and self harm. Please help us petition to remove these destructive websites.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

The vast majority of the UK ISP industry takes a responsible approach to what content it hosts, both of its own volition and in co-operation with law enforcement and Government agencies. Where the industry is advised that content they host contravenes legislation, they will readily remove it. In addition, ISPs have contracts with their customers called good practice Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs), which they have recently strengthened, about what may be hosted on their servers.

Complaints about a particular website’s content should first be directed to the site’s manager. Most AUPs already contain a general clause which allows ISPs to remove sites or content which contain offensive or objectionable material, even if it is not illegal. Arrangements similar to AUPs apply to many websites, including social networking sites. Those people, who find user content offensive or suspect, therefore should report their concerns to the appropriate social network site.

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