Submitted on Sunday 3rd January 2021
Rejected on Friday 8th January 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Amend the law to criminalise the distribution of misinformation in the pandemic.
to take action against the online distribution of misinformation in order to protect the NHS and save lives. People believing this misinformation are harming thierselves and others by doing various things from visiting hospitals to photograph them, to encouraging vaccine refusal.
You have a responsibility to protect the lives of the citizens of the UK. Covid denial is undermining that obligation, when we are seeing celebrities flaunting the rules and no action being taken it is furthering the strength of misinformation. You need to enable an act of Parliament which crimanilises this activity and carry a hefty fine or jail sentence. This in order to continue the national obligation to protect the NHS and save lives. The impact of this activity on NHS staff is abysmal.
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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 the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/564524
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