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Lower the ban on social media for under 16s to be under 13 years old

Submitted on Tuesday 20th January 2026

Rejected on Thursday 19th February 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Lower the ban on social media for under 16s to be under 13 years old

Petition Details

Lower the ban age from 16 years old to 13 years old

Additional Information

People between 13 and 16 should not be banned from using social media


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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.

We already have a petition on this which is open and which you can sign:

Government ban on social media to be for under 13s only
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757849

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