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MAKE GOVERNMENT NOT BANNED SOCIAL MEDIA FOR U16s

Submitted on Monday 15th June 2026

Rejected on Friday 3rd July 2026

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

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MAKE GOVERNMENT NOT BANNED SOCIAL MEDIA FOR U16s

Petition Details

CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 16 should be allowed to have social media there parent should make that decision, there are already lots of blocks and parental controls available this could maybe change to UNDER 13S

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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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Government ban on social media to be for under 13s only petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757849

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