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This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament

Rejected petition Make one instance of racial abuse on social media grounds for a lifetime ban.

Introduce legislation/guidelines for social media companies in which one instance of racial abuse or racist rhetoric on social media leads to a lifetime ban on that platform.
This can be through community guidelines being monitored or another user reporting the post.

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There needs to be a way to stop racial abuse that does not impede freedom of expression for those that use social media appropriately. If a single comment can equate to a lifetime ban from that platform this will protect other users from racist abuse as well as showing a zero tolerance approach to such rhetoric.

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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Increase legal penalties for those convicted of online racial abuse: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591776

Social media companies to be held accountable for racially abusive posts: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591688

Require social media platforms’ terms of use to prohibit racism and hate speech: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591760

Produce and enforce a zero-tolerance strategy to end racism on social media: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591720

Require Social media sites review every post/comment before publication: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/582820

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