Rejected petition Tougher punishments for people and groups spreading anti vaccination propaganda.

Anti vaccination propaganda is spreading like wildfire throughout the world. Every day groups are spreading lies about vaccination causing conditions like autism to stop people vaccinating children.

If this worrying trend continues to gain traction we may see many new resurgences in disease.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

We can't accept your petition because we aren't sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.

We understand that you are concerned about vaccination rates, but we aren't sure exactly how you would like anti vaccination messages to be controlled.

You could start a new petition calling on the Government to fund campaigns promoting vaccination if that is something you would like to see happen.

You may also be interested in signing and sharing these open petitions:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/243402
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/244242

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Date submitted 11 March 2019
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