AylenFeb 3, 2025

Sharing this petition on banning conversion therapy in the EU. You can sign it as an EU citizen, no matter where you live. Sharing in case anyone is interested https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

Please boost!

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@asdil12

Does this actually help?

I am not trolling, I have a genuine interest in the answer.

One of the things I have seen USians do is create a petition (with change.org or whoever), collect signatures (and personal data) then ask the signers to share the petition (and collect /that/ info and spam the sharees with fundraising asks). The petition is actually forwarded, and ignored.

All the folks who sign pat themselves on their virtual backs because they "did something."

Show threadAylenFeb 3, 2025
@vor I'm actually not sure how legally binding a EU-petition is in general, but at least it is is the official petition portal of the EU government.
Show threadGunChleoc
@asdil12 @vor Unlike change.org etc, if you create a government petition, if you get enough signatures, they are legally bound to engage with and react to it. The details depend on the individual government's regulations / local laws.
Feb 3, 2025 at 5:19pmWeb
Show threadalways tiredFeb 4, 2025

@gunchleoc @asdil12 @vor In this case it's a EU citizen initiative which has a specific status in the EU quasi constitution.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Citizens%27_Initiative

European Citizens' Initiative - Wikipedia

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@project1enigma @gunchleoc @asdil12

Thank you. I am /still/ getting text spam from someone sharing a change.org petition with me via text a week and a half ago.

As I am not a citizen of the EU, I didn't even know where to start investigating.

Show threadalways tiredFeb 4, 2025

@vor @gunchleoc @asdil12 It's definitely ok to ask. I find change . org annoying too. And how can one know...

It's only a minority where I see people sharing an "official" petition/initiative etc. There's the European thing. (As non EU citizen you can share if you like.)

Show threadalways tiredFeb 4, 2025

@vor @gunchleoc @asdil12 There's a German official petition site (IIRC also only for citizens, possibly also residents).

And I know of a British parliament related official platform (where I'm not eligible to sign but if it makes sense to me what they're gathering signatures for, I gladly share for those who are eligible)

Show threadGunChleocFeb 4, 2025
@project1enigma @vor @asdil12 Yep. The Scottish Parliament has one too.
Show threadSune AukenFeb 4, 2025

@gunchleoc @asdil12 @vor

Here is a very good (open access) study of the work petitions do in the climate debate. I believe it transfers well to other areas.

In short: Petitions are not a silver bullet or anything, but they do important work and are defintely worth signing and spreading.

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9788395720499-009/html

8. “How to Turn Accumulated Knowledge into Action”: Uptake, Public Petitions, and the Climate Change Debate

8. “How to Turn Accumulated Knowledge into Action”: Uptake, Public Petitions, and the Climate Change Debate was published in Genre in the Climate Debate on page 150.

De Gruyter