Submitted on Friday 4th July 2025
Rejected on Friday 25th July 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban children under 16 years of age from using smartphones.
Ban children under 16 years of age from using smartphones
It is very difficult for a parent to ban their child from using a smartphone when there is so much social pressure from the child's peers to be doing so. No one wants their child excluded socially because they don't have a smart phone. However the risks to all children using social media are real and need to be addressed at a national level. This is why we need help from the government to ban smartphones below the age of 16 to help parents protect their children.
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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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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/714201
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