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Introduce Licensing for Mobile Phones to Prevent Scams and Protect Consumers

Submitted by Rafe Whysall on Sunday 5th January 2025

Published on Thursday 27th February 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 27th August 2025

Signatures: 26

Relevant Departments

Tagged with

Contract ~ Genuine ~ Holder ~ Horse ~ Internet ~ knowledge ~ Media ~ Mobile phones ~ password ~ Phones ~ Prevent ~ Protecting ~ protection ~ Securing ~ security ~ Social media ~ steal ~ system ~ Trojan ~ Trojan Horse ~ Verify ~ virus

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 26 signatures in total, with signatories from 22 constituencies. That makes it the 38,666th most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 9% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of 5% (low).

Signatures by Constituency

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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