Submitted on Thursday 19th February 2026
Rejected on Monday 9th March 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Change the social media ban for under 13s instead of 16s
You are thinking of banning social media for under 16s, I think you should change it to under 13s. I have had many people across social media complaining about this aswell, some children use social media to escape the reality, some use it to study/revise
It will help childrens mental health, it will help them study with educational videos, when we have homework at school we would be able to watch YouTube videos to help us.
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Government ban on social media to be for under 13s only
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757849
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