This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Remove the use of monkey and banana emojis on social media platforms.
Social media companies need to do more to stop people of colour from being the victims of abhorrent racist abuse. The monkey and banana emojis are more often than not used as racial slurs and action should be taken to prevent the spread of hate.
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Social media companies need to do more to stop people of colour from being the victims of abhorrent racist abuse. Although this action does not focus on prevention, it would be a positive first step to preventing the spread of hate.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Petitions must call for a specific action that the UK Government or House of Commons is responsible for.
Decisions about what emojis to make available on social media platforms are a matter for individual social media companies, not the Government or House of Commons. As a result it is not possible for the Government or House of Commons to take the action you have requested.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Produce and enforce a zero-tolerance strategy to end racism on social media: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591720
Require social media platforms’ terms of use to prohibit racism and hate speech: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591760
Increase legal penalties for those convicted of online racial abuse: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/591776
Require Social media sites review every post/comment before publication: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/582820
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.