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103 petitions, ranked by signature count · page 1 of 3.

Repeal the Online Safety Act

Ban immediately the use of dogs in scientific and regulatory procedures

Introduce 16 as the minimum age for children to have social media

End testing on dogs and other animals for development of products for human use

Do not ban social media for under 16s

Create a public consultation on freedom of speech and disinformation

Require online platforms to remove misinformation targeting bereaved families

Ban animal testing for human products and medicines

Ban the use of AI for image, video and audio creation

Provide a legal right to access certain services without a digital device

Give UK citizens legal ownership of their face, voice, and likeness

Do not ban children from using virtual private networks

Remove Permitted Development Rights for all additional telecoms infrastructure.

Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent

Repeal the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 in full and stop Digital ID rollouts

Stop the roll out and use of trusted digital identity services

Require all AI musicians and songs to have a visible AI notice

Strengthen and enforce rules to stop scam emergency trade call-out adverts

Ban online pornography, and the making and selling of pornography

Ban the use of smart glasses with recording capability in public spaces

Review & regulate weight loss and health journey content on social media

Government ban on social media to be for under 13s only

Introduce legislation in order to outlaw the installation of 5G masts

Make online bullying a specific crime & new rules for social media platforms

Ban behavioural data extraction for advertising

Regulate Generative AI imagery

Call for full scrutiny & a 6 month public consultation on Digital ID

Hold a public inquiry into the use of defence-linked AI in the UK public sector

Ban AI until there is an international framework for its use and conduct checks

Ban all use of AI in the UK

Require companies to offer users opt out for online alcohol advertising & sales

Implement recommendations of the Independent Review of Pornography Regulation

Ensure public energy and water infrastructure is protected from AI data centres

Mandate labelling of Al-generated videos in metadata and online

Require construction of data centres to be halted & find eco-friendly solution

Ban companies from using any personal data to train AI without explicit consent

Review the digitisation of UK telephone lines

Ban social media for under 16s

Introduce a minimum age of 25 to work as a content creator in the adult industry

Make AI job replacement illegal

Ban Generative AI and review how to best regulate other AI tools

Online age checks: do not use personal information & third party perform checks

Ban AI companies from using music streaming to train AI

Ban people posting images of nude or partially undressed children online

Ban AI chatbots while they are capable of creating Child Sexual Abuse Material

Regulate telemetric / AI robots

Ban personal use of AI and require AI watermarks

Hold an urgent Citizens’ Assembly on AI and enact its recommendations

Ban Open-Source Deepfake-Capable AI tools until further regulation is introduced

Require social media platforms to identify and remove all unsafe content.