No 10 backs ‘tough action’ if social media fail to remove dangerous driving posts after A66 crash
Downing Street condemns ‘utterly disgraceful’ clips and says platforms are legally obliged to take the down The government has given its full backing to Ofcom to take “tough action” against social media platforms that fail to remove videos which depict dangerous driving after a crash that killed seven people near Middlesbrough. The collision in the early hours of Saturday, in which PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough
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Downing Street condemns ‘utterly disgraceful’ clips and says platforms are legally obliged to take the down The government has given its full backing to Ofcom to take “tough action” against social media platforms that fail to remove videos which depict dangerous driving after a crash that killed seven people near Middlesbrough. The collision in the early hours of Saturday, in which PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough
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No 10 backs ‘tough action’ if social media fail to remove dangerous driving posts after A66 crash
Downing Street condemns ‘utterly disgraceful’ clips and says platforms are legally obliged to take the down The government has given its full backing to Ofcom to take “tough action” against social media platforms that fail to remove videos which depict dangerous driving after a crash that killed seven people near Middlesbrough. The collision in the early hours of Saturday, in which PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough
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Minister tells social media firms to remove posts that ‘celebrate’ dangerous driving after A66 crash
Luke Pollard says government will force platforms to remove content, after latest deadly crash involving a car driving in wrong direction A minister has pressed social media companies to remove content from their platforms showcasing dangerous driving after a fatal collision that killed seven people in Middlesbrough. The crash in the early hours of Saturday, in which PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died, occurred
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