Rejected petition Change age limit to joining any form of social media to 16 plus

Help safeguard our children by putting the age limit up to at least 16+ for joining any form of socal media. Make the websites accountable for underage users

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

At the moment, age policies are the responsibility of social media sites.

If you would like Parliament to change the law, to make it illegal to offer social media accounts to children under 16, then you could start a petition asking for that.

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Date submitted 14 March 2017
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