Submitted on Friday 14th November 2014
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Sending of Sexual Texts to Children
Incredibly, it’s not illegal for an adult to send a sexual message to a child.
The law hasn't kept up with technology and the way abusers are using the internet to facilitate the abuse of children. The NSPCC is calling for a clear new offence that would always make it illegal for an adult to intentionally send a child a sexual message.
Over 70% of people believe it’s already illegal for an adult to send a sexual message to a child, but shockingly it’s not.
Now is our opportunity to change this. The Government is currently passing the Serious Crime Bill, where there is an opportunity to make this illegal once and for all for an adult to send a sexual message to a child.
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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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