• An online petition (or Internet petition, or e-petition) is a form of petition which is signed online, usually through a form on a website. Visitors to...
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  • A petition is a request to do something, most commonly addressed to a government official or public entity. Petitions to a deity are a form of prayer...
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  • PetitionOnline was the first widely known Internet petition service that allowed users to create and sign petitions. It went live in 1999, was acquired...
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    Muslims, signed a petition protesting against the inclusion of Muhammad's depictions in the English Wikipedia's Muhammad article. The petition opposed a reproduction...
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    Wireless Competition Act, the first piece of legislation driven by an online petition. The bill was signed into law by President Obama on August 1, 2014...
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    lawyer who gained prominence after he halted a deportation by using an online petition. He was voted one of the American Bar Association's "Techiest Lawyers...
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  • Change.org (category Online petitions)
    Change.org is a website which allows users to create and sign petitions in an attempt to advance various social causes by raising awareness and influencing...
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    joined the protests in Wellington. Coinciding with the march was an online petition opposing the bill that received over 200,000 signatures. Māori protest...
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    with Parkinson's disease gathered more than 600,000 signatures in an online petition asking banks and other institutions to serve all citizens, and not...
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  • result for the term "Jew." In May 2004, Steven Weinstock launched an online petition on RemoveJewWatch.com to remove Jew Watch from Google. By mid-2004...
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    decision, O'Neill launched an online petition calling for the HCCC to reverse its decision. Accompanying the petition, O'Neill comments that, “It looks...
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  • 2020, Collectif Soeurcières, a French feminist collective, started an online petition through Change.org, addressing Netflix France, to pull the film from...
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  • In October 2021, the family and friends of his victims started an online petition to prevent his release. A memorial to the children was later unveiled...
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    The UK Parliament petitions website (e-petitions) allows members of the public to create and support petitions for consideration by the Parliament of the...
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  • of students at his high school held a walkout in support of him. An online petition calling for a full investigation and prosecution of Zimmerman garnered...
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  • issue". A petition was started, aiming to rewrite and reshoot the finale. The petition had over 20,000 signatures and considerable online news coverage...
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    of non-profits. A website called Dearaol.com was launched, with an online petition and a blog that garnered hundreds of signatures from people and organizations...
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    The DDA has encouraged people to signal their opposition through an online petition that labels KOSA as one of several "Bad Internet Bills". They have...
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  • represent anything from 1015 to 1027 bytes, most often 1027. In 2010, an online petition sought to establish hella- as the SI prefix for 1027, a movement that...
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  • ratings led to its cancellation in early 2007 over the objection of an online petition that gained over 700,000 signatures. The O.C. has been broadcast in...
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  • Indian Stammering Association (TISA), based in Dehradun, started an online petition to the censor board against the comical depiction of stuttering, a...
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    American products. In July 2020, during the George Floyd protests, an online petition signed by 5,300 people asked the company to rename these products,...
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    media or online petitions, characterized as involving very little effort or commitment. Additional forms of slacktivism include engaging in online activities...
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    its Anti-Asian jokes blaming Asians for the COVID-19 pandemic. An online petition was created on sign.moveon.org to cancel Schulz's comedy-special. In...
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  • Gunn became the subject of widespread criticism and online bullying. An anonymously filed petition on the website Change.org calling for an investigation...
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  • News, November 19, 2014. "S'porean woman starts online petition against 'pick-up artist'", Today Online (Singapore), November 17, 2014. "Pick-up artist...
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    on the site, an online petition calling for the shutdown of Pornhub gained over one million signatures throughout 2020. The petition was started by Laila...
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    31, 2018. Protestors have posted online petitions as a reaction against the Thirty Meter Telescope. The online petition titled "The Immediate Halt to the...
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  • second hashtag, #PickUpLucifer, emerged as a trending topic as well. An online petition also began circulating aimed at renewing Lucifer for a fourth season...
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    In April 2021, the satirical group The Chaser created a fabricated online petition calling for the renaming of fairy bread, calling it "offensive", which...
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