Rejected petition: Ofcom to implement "protocols” to hold platforms responsible for misinformation
Rejected on
“The government must do more to stop the spread of misinformation online. The Online Safety Act is woefully inadequate and riddled with regulatory gaps which must be amended to deal with misinformation & AI abuse on social media platforms. Owners of these platforms must be held accountable.
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.
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The following petition calls for a similar action:
Regulate Social Media Platforms as News Publishers to Prevent Misinformation
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/769402We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.