Submitted on Monday 12th July 2021
Rejected on Monday 19th July 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make technology platforms more accountable for online abuse
Big tech firms (Twitter, Facebook Instagram) who operate in the UK should have to have to ensure all users provide a valid ID to comment/message on their platform. As a result, users can be held accountable for comments made on these platforms and the law should change to reflect this
Over the last few years, there has been a worrying rise in cases of online abuse. As reported by Report Harmful Content (RHC) this has seen a rise in online hate speech by 225% this year. This rise is also in line with the number of hate crimes being reported to the police, which has doubled over the past 5 years. This is not acceptable, we as a country need to make a change to stop online abuse, hate crimes and hold people accountable for their comments and actions.
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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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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Make verified ID a requirement for opening a social media account: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/575833
Produce and enforce a zero-tolerance strategy to end racism on social media: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591720
Require social media platforms’ terms of use to prohibit racism and hate speech: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591760
Require Social media sites review every post/comment before publication: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/582820
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