Rejected petition Stop adult channels on freeview tv which can be accessed by children

Force tv providers to remove adult channels from freeview that can be easily accessed by children

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It’s important to protect children from adult content parents are applying safe search on internet providers but these channels are accessible through tv even with locks they can be re scanned and sometimes TVs automatically update channels and put them on after they have been deleted by parents or locked

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 Parliament are directly responsible for.

Decisions about what channels to licence for broadcast on freeview TV are a matter for Ofcom, not the Government or Parliament. You can find out more about Ofcom's role, and look up TV broadcast licences, here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand

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Date submitted 20 January 2022
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