Rejected petition add mental health trigger warnings to films

TV shows documentaries all have trigger warnings if there are scenes of self harm or suicide. Films have warnings of violence and sex so why not for mental health issues? scenes of self harm or suicide can extremely trigger someone with mental health issues.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

This would be the responsibility of the British Board of Film Classification. The BBFC is a non-governmental body and is independent of the UK Government and Parliament.

The BBFC carries out periodic consultations with the public about its classification system. You can find out more about its work here:

https://www.bbfc.co.uk/

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 17 October 2018
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