Submitted on Wednesday 25th March 2026
Rejected on Tuesday 14th April 2026
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ban social media for under 16s to protect the young people from the many harms.
As young people who have been adversely affected by social media, we believe the government should ban social media (TikTok, Instagram, Roblox, etc.) for all young people, to strengthen the protection of young people in our country.
We believe this will increase focus for young people in schools preventing harmful addictions so they have more time to study.
To protect the mental health of children and teens, and prevent acts of suicide.
To prevent the digital footprints of children being ruined before they're able to fully understand the effect of their online behaviour.
To prevent radicalisation and reduce in life crime rates and anti social behaviour.
To stop the rapid decrease in attention spans in children.
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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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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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