Ban 'fact checking' by social media companies
- 43 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 52 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want social media companies to stop 'fact checking' social media posts. We believe fact checking by social media companies can be used to police what people read and watch based on political opinion, and not facts.
Found: We think fact checking has no place on social media, and want the Government to force social media companies
Ban social media for under 16s
- 31 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 158 - 3 added in the past 24hrs)
I believe there should be a new law banning social media for under 16 year olds.
Found: Many parents don't want their children to have phones or use social media especially so young, but nobody
Give parents/guardians a right to access social media accounts of their children
- 5,497 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 51,646 - 677 added in the past 24hrs)
I want parents/guardians to have the right to be given access to their children's social media accounts, by social media providers, both when the child is alive and if they are deceased.
Found: At the time the new Coroner's powers to request social media access were not in force.
Require social media platforms to use end-to-end encryption for private messages
- 22 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 56 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We are deeply concerned about the lack of privacy protections for young people on social media platforms. Every day, young people engage in online conversations and share photos and we believe there aren't adequate safeguards in place to protect the personal information of young people.
Found: We want social media platforms to be required to use end-to-end encryption for private messages, to help
Ban social media influencers from promoting/advertising cosmetic surgery
- 889 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 2,067 - 39 added in the past 24hrs)
I want the Government to make it illegal for social media influencers to promote or advertise cosmetic surgery. We believe this could help prevent often vulnerable individuals seeking plastic surgery, especially from cheap providers abroad.
Found: make it clear when they are advertising products or services, but we think new rules are needed to ban social
Make the auditing of commercial premises on social media platforms illegal
- 37 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 149 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
We think the Government should amend the law to stop what we see as the harassment of commercial businesses by "social media auditors", who have no legal jurisdiction and may not have relevant qualifications.
Found: businesses are being harassed daily by content creators who film staff reactions and post the footage on social
Enact Timed Restrictions on Social Media Use for School-Aged Children
- 38 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 38 - 0 added in the past 24hrs)
We want a "Digital Curfew" that operates as follows:
1. Social media platforms should be required to integrate an age-verification process at sign-up.
2. For users confirmed to be school-aged children, the platforms should be required to disable access from 9:00 PM to 8:00 AM local time.
Found: to become well-rounded individuals, free from the potential strains generated by the omnipresence of social
Apr. 22 2024
Source Page: Social Media Management Platforms used: FOI ReleaseFound: Social Media Management Platforms used: FOI Release
The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make social media service providers liable for online publications in respect of civil proceedings in specified circumstances; to establish and confer functions upon a commissioner for online safety; to make provision about the disclosure of certain information by social media service providers; and for connected purposes.
Mentions:
1: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) Occasionally, I’ll see triggering content on social media such as suicide or gory images.”Social media - Speech Link
2: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) compelling causative evidence of the harms of social media. - Speech Link
3: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) media is having a negative impact on children, and seven in 10 support banning social media companies - Speech Link
4: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda) beings, and sometimes social media can enable that. - Speech Link