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Stop the ban for under 16’s and change it to 13 or 14

Submitted on Sunday 25th January 2026

Rejected on Friday 20th February 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Stop the ban for under 16’s and change it to 13 or 14

Petition Details

If your wanting to do a ban put it on under 13’s or for under 16’s make it have a screen time limit on the certain apps like 1-2hrs a day and then the rest of the time they can’t have it till next day as a lot of over 13’s are more mature then 16’s so either don’t do the ban or do a screen limit

Additional Information

A lot of teenagers rely on social media to message there friends and family so by taking it away it will make stuff worst and a lot of teenagers struggle with mental health and social media is there way of coping so by taking all that away it could end someone’s life. Yes relying on social media isn’t a good thing but if you put a screen time it may help


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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.

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You may wish to sign this petition, which calls for similar action: "Government ban on social media to be for under 13s only" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757849

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