Rejected petition games should not be banned and shouldn't be blamed for violent behaviour

Video games do not encourage violence towards others, movies and music have no violent effect on people movies are for entertainment which is the same for video games

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

The UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for banning specific games. That's the responsibility of the Video Standards Council, which is responsible in the UK for implementing the PEGI age rating system which is used in over 30 countries throughout Europe.

You can find out more here:

http://videostandards.org.uk/Home/

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Date submitted 11 March 2018
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