Submitted on Tuesday 13th July 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 20th July 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
To introduce a law against individuals spreading racism on social media
For social media to report hate/racist comments to the police.. For the government to introduce a law where social med platforms can pass all racist/hate comments to the police and for the police to then take legal action against the individuals.
The hate/racism faced by the England team players because of their skin colour over these last few days is a disgrace and its about time people face consequences for their actions. People are using social media as a way to be racist and spread hate because they are hidden behind a screen and in the comfort of their own surroundings and its leading to people of colour dreading going to work/school because of the backlash they will face and it is simply unacceptable.
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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.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
There are already offences that cover racist activities online. Investigating alleged offences and prosecuting these is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service, not the Government or House of Commons.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
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
Increase legal penalties for those convicted of online racial abuse: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591776
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