Submitted on Tuesday 20th January 2026
Rejected on Thursday 19th February 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Lower the ban on social media for under 16s to be under 13 years old
Lower the ban age from 16 years old to 13 years old
People between 13 and 16 should not be banned from using social media
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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.
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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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