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Ban all social media platforms for under 16’s

Submitted on Friday 13th March 2026

Rejected on Tuesday 7th April 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban all social media platforms for under 16’s

Petition Details

Ban all social media platforms for under 16’s And require photo identification for all accounts To ensure no children can access them

Additional Information

Ban all social media platforms for under 16’s And require photo identification for all accounts To ensure no children can access them


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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 the following petition, which calls for similar action:

Ban social media for under 16s
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/762618

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