{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/776948.json"},"data":{"type":"petition","id":776948,"attributes":{"action":"Age verification discriminates against every single person in the UK","background":"To stop using age verification which puts people at high risk from identity fraud, fraud and scammers and have by law parental settings on ISP moderns an on devices as it is safer for everyone and it doesn’t discriminate against anyone.","additional_details":"Age verification discriminates against every single person who cannot drive, can’t afford a passport, can’t get a credit card and putting these IDs online puts every single adult and every single child at risk from hackers, identity fraud, scammers, and tricks\r\n\r\nThe best way to protect children and all adults online is parental settings on the Internet service providers modem and on devices.\r\n\r\nWe need to scrap age verification and put in place parental settings as law on ISP modems and devices.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":7,"created_at":"2026-07-13T16:07:15.720Z","updated_at":"2026-08-10T15:03:46.256Z","rejected_at":"2026-08-10T15:03:38.907Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-07-13T17:36:50.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign the following petitions which call for similar actions:\r\n\r\nEnd mandatory online age verification & mandate parental controls instead \r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/763489\r\n\r\nBan digital age verification\r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/765612\r\n\r\nRemove age verification introduced by online safety act \r\nhttps://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/767457"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}