Petitions/Ban foreign media ownership, enact a social media levy & new regulatory reform
StatusOngoing
Opened18 Mar 2026
Closes
Government responseResponded
Parliamentary debateNot eligible
Milestones 10,000

Pass law to ban foreign & offshore ownership of UK media, enact a social-media levy to distribute media ownership across society & fund independent, local & cooperative-owned media. We believe democracy is failing as the media & political power are owned by a tiny rich elite.

We also call the Government to introduce new regulatory reforms, including requiring all media in the UK to be members of a statutory regulator and requiring media-covered think-tanks to report donations in real time. We believe we need to take back control of media ownership for the British people and that media should be free from offshore ownership and think tanks who accept dark money. Media ownership should reflect ALL of society not just the rich.

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Government response

The Government is committed to supporting a free and fair press. The media mergers regime bans foreign state influence and ownership. There are no current plans for a statutory press regulator.

Constituency engagement ranking

Daniel Zeichner
1Daniel Zeichner MP
Cambridge
241
Ben Lake
2Ben Lake MP
Ceredigion Preseli
207
Siân Berry
3Siân Berry MP
Brighton Pavilion
168
Clive Lewis
4Clive Lewis MP
Norwich South
159
Dr Simon Opher
5Dr Simon Opher MP
Stroud
147
Sir Mel Stride
6Sir Mel Stride MP
Central Devon
132
Steve Race
7Steve Race MP
Exeter
131
Carla Denyer
8Carla Denyer MP
Bristol Central
125
Chris Ward
9Chris Ward MP
Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven
122
Caroline Voaden
10Caroline Voaden MP
South Devon
119