Rejected petition: Courtney’s Law - To allow victims of abuse to share their stories online.
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I want the government to allow victims of abuse to be able to share their stories online without being charged for harassment. As long as no information that can be used to identity the abuser is disclosed.
Victims of abuse are being arrested and charged with harassment for sharing their abuse stories online. By sharing our stories it brings awareness to warning signs of abuse. As victims of abuse, we are being silenced by police. As long as no gdpa is disclosed we should be able to tell our story to raise awareness as a lot of people don’t know the signs of abuse. I was one of these people and had I heard more stories maybe it would have saved me. Victims of abuse are being treated like criminals
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We are unsure how this would differ from current practice. There is no evidence of police taking action when a victim shares a story that truly contains no identifying information at all.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.