Rejected petition: STOP UK SOCIAL MEDIA BAN
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In my opinion, the UK government should not go any further with the social media ban for under 16s. Yes some children do have a social media addiction and that may be an issue but that should be for parents to solve. If 16+ is old enough to vote and join the army, we should be aloud social media.
Don’t get me wrong, I agree that social media is an issue for some people but that should be up to parents/carers to solve for they’re own children. This shouldn’t mean we get our right to have social media taken off us. If 16+ is old enough to join the army and legally vote, we should be old enough to have social media especially as young adults.
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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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action:
Do not ban social media for under 16s https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/757233
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