Rejected petition Fine all media, organisations reporting food shortages causing panic buying

Fine all Media, Organisations reporting food shortages resulting in unnecessary panic buying

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It causes vulnerable people to act recklessly in panic buying resulting in shortages for everyone

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 are not responsible for fining media organisations. In any case, the reporting of food shortages isn't illegal.

You could start a petition calling for a new offence making it illegal for media organisations to make statements which could incite public panic, if that's something that you'd like to happen.

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

Date submitted 21 December 2020
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