This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Make petitions online require identifying security to stop petition corruption
Petitions are being signed by people with multiple emails, using bots, using their children's emails and from people not from the UK.
The petitions system triggers our government in to responding to the electorates requests. The government are being triggered by misrepresentation of signings.
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The petition Number 241584, is a prime example of a petition that was being signed by nearly 500 every few seconds during an afternoon of a working week. Impossible unless it was a national holiday for the signers of said petition. Its not the first time as shown here in this article https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36640459?SThisFB&fbclid=IwAR2J8mUTlJhtkzXQtn4bhSBB9sJTajUPbkkWiOHWpeiFbWvhR8FX6pfyMWk.
Petitions must make the system more secure to sign and only be signed once per uk person
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 aren't sure what new measures you would like to see.
Much like the traditional paper petitioning system, which asks people to provide an address and signature, the e-petitions system aims to strike a balance between allowing people to easily register their support for issues which are important to them, whilst discouraging dishonesty.
The Government Digital Service, who run the Government and Parliament e-petitions site, have a number of ways of identifying and preventing fraudulent activity based around blocking, removing and monitoring signatures as appropriate. These include techniques, automated and manual, to identify and block signatures from bots, disposable email addresses or other sources that show signs of fraudulent activity. They also monitor signing patterns and take action when appropriate. Ideally, someone who has tried to fraudulently sign a petition would never realise that they have failed.
Under the rules agreed by the House of Commons, anyone who is a UK resident or British citizen is allowed to sign a petition. You could start a new petition to only allow people who have a specific form of identification to start a petition if that's something you would like to happen.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.