Rejected petition Ban strangers taking direct photos/videos of children without a parents consent

Make it illegal for an adult to directly photograph or video children under 18 in public places.

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Because it’s unacceptable that any adult can directly photograph or video a child in public and then do what they wish with the images without any permission from a parent or guardian

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may like to sign the below petition we have open on the topic:

Ban the taking of photographs of children without parental consent
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/560090

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

Date submitted 14 August 2021
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