Ban 'fact checking' by social media companies
- 45 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 67 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
We want social media companies to stop 'fact checking' social media posts. We believe fact checking by social media companies can be used to police what people read and watch based on political opinion, and not facts.
Found: We think fact checking has no place on social media, and want the Government to force social media companies
Ban social media for under 16s
- 35 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 120 - 2 added in the past 24hrs)
I believe there should be a new law banning social media for under 16 year olds.
Found: Many parents don't want their children to have phones or use social media especially so young, but nobody
Require editing or creation of media using software to be recorded in metadata
- 14 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 34 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We want a law that requires media creation or editing software to leave a record of editing or creating media, within said media's meta data, with a record of edit history. The altered media could still appear 100% real, but there would proof it's not on inspection.
Found: In this world of deepfakes, media editing and ease of sharing on social media, a victim's reputation,
Give parents/guardians a right to access social media accounts of their children
- 8,567 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 68,607 - 1,890 added in the past 24hrs)
I want parents/guardians to have the right to be given access to their children's social media accounts, by social media providers, both when the child is alive and if they are deceased.
Found: At the time the new Coroner's powers to request social media access were not in force.
Require social media platforms to use end-to-end encryption for private messages
- 22 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 54 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
We are deeply concerned about the lack of privacy protections for young people on social media platforms. Every day, young people engage in online conversations and share photos and we believe there aren't adequate safeguards in place to protect the personal information of young people.
Found: We want social media platforms to be required to use end-to-end encryption for private messages, to help
Mentions:
1: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) is welcome but misses the opportunity to consider how we can secure the future of UK public service media - Speech Link
2: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) environment that fails to support or promote similar public media for children? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Baroness Benjamin (LD - Life peer) I welcome this long-awaited Media Bill. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) I welcome this long-awaited Media Bill. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Leeds (Bshp - Bishops) of updating, given the accelerating changes in technology, media consumption and the wider media ecosystem - Speech Link
4: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Con - Life peer) Bill I am interested that there is no mention whatever of media literacy, media competency and all those - Speech Link
Ban social media influencers from promoting/advertising cosmetic surgery
- 894 Signatures
(Estimated Final Signatures: 1,035 - 1 added in the past 24hrs)
I want the Government to make it illegal for social media influencers to promote or advertise cosmetic surgery. We believe this could help prevent often vulnerable individuals seeking plastic surgery, especially from cheap providers abroad.
Found: clear when they are advertising products or services, but we think new rules are needed to ban social media
Mentions:
1: Baroness Bull (XB - Life peer) I declare any relevant interests in the register, noting that while my own media interests have ceased - Speech Link
2: None PSB remains essential to UK media. Losing it would leave UK society and democracy worse off. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie (Con - Life peer) The Media Bill is the appropriate place to confirm that there should be a Gaelic broadcaster. - Speech Link
4: None There was no reference in the original draft Media Bill to the word “genre”. - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Apr. 23 2024
Inquiry: The future of news: impartiality, trust and technologyFound: Tortoise Media, JOE Media Group, and spiked Oral Evidence