Submitted on Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Rejected on Thursday 5th August 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
To enact laws that protect British citizens from online racial abuse and hatred
The laws surrounding online abuse and hatred have become outdated and insufficient in the modern age. Parliament should enact laws that would categorize offences of this nature in terms of seriousness, harm and culpability so that appropriate sentences can be passed on those found guilty
It is now apparent that the laws surrounding online abuse are not sufficient to protect British nationals in the ever developing age of social media. This is an opportunity for British government to lead the world once again in terms of equality and protecting others from harm. Especially in light of the abuse received by black English footballers in the fallout after the loss at Euro 2021 the time is right and the public attitude is there to support widespread change for the betterment of all.
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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:
Increase legal penalties for those convicted of online racial abuse: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591776
Increase the sentence for Racist Hate Crime from 6 months to minimum 5 years: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591766
If you want the Government to create new offences or amend existing offences differently to the above, you could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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