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It's a petition to the government to debate such a thing, not a piece of legislation that has been brought by the government.

It's a petition which Parliament is bound to consider, having passed the magic 100,000-signature threshold.

Petitions like this are usually a waste of time for everyone concerned, but the UK's record on digital rights is pretty dire so there's always a danger. The petition itself is the usual ill-thought-out think-of-the-children kneejerk, damaging and useless. (Besides throwing away the obvious benefits of anonymity, I can't see anything that would prevent UK-based trolls from opening an account via another jurisdiction.)

The title is accurate though. It has more than 100,000 signatures so will be "debated" (given a few words in small irrelevant parliament committee) and given a dismissive stock reply

I think it was in reference to it going past the required amount of signatures for it to be brought before parliament.

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