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Repeal or amend the Online Safety Act to protect free speech and privacy

Submitted on Sunday 31st August 2025

Rejected on Wednesday 10th September 2025

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Repeal or amend the Online Safety Act to protect free speech and privacy

Petition Details

Review and amend the Online Safety Act 2023 to ensure compliance with UK GDPR, the Human Rights Act, and protections for privacy and freedom of speech.

Additional Information

The Act requires intrusive age checks and monitoring that risk breaching data protection, privacy, and free expression. Citizens must be able to access lawful content without surveillance or censorship.


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This petition was rejected

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.

You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Repeal the Online Safety Act
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903

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