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Make illegal the use of automated bots to purchase goods online

Submitted on Tuesday 15th December 2020

Rejected on Monday 21st December 2020

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make illegal the use of automated bots to purchase goods online

Petition Details

The use of automated bots to purchase goods online should be made illegal. The use of such automated purchasing software is exploited by scalpers to resell goods at inflated prices above the RRP, distorting supply and demand for personal gain.

Additional Information

The use of automated bots to purchase goods online should be made illegal. The use of such automated purchasing software is exploited by scalpers to resell goods at inflated prices above the RRP, distorting supply and demand for personal gain. This has been witnessed with the recent release of new generation of consoles, which has seen widespread reselling amid stock shortages in the approach to Christmas


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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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You may wish to sign this petition calling for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/561986

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