This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Create new BBC charter or law: keep red button text.TV access for ALL disabled
BBC will scrap red button text in a few months: public broadcaster must not be allowed to reduce accessibility. Red button text has NO alternative. Equality must improve not reduce.
Disabled & deaf people weren't consulted & its discrimination.Only a charge to royal charter or new laws can fix this
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Equality Act & BBC royal charter don't protect disabled people from losing accessible TV services.BBC must not be allowed to scrap red button text.
Affected are- all without internet,hard of hearing,deaf,hyperacusis/autism, with cognitive problems or finding TV too fast
TV text for news has NO alternative, TV has more viewers,larger text, no flicker & darker colors than computers.Disabled people pay the license fee: more people use red button text than the sign language shows that arent at risk
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The BBC is an independent body governed by a Royal Charter. Under the terms of that Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the government to intervene in the BBC’s day-to-day operations.
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