Sir Keir Starmer said he was willing to further regulate the “nightmares of the online world” after it emerged that murderer Axel Rudakubana trawled the internet for extreme violent content before killing three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in July.
The comments were significant given the prominent presence of Musk and Zuckerberg at Trump’s inauguration on Monday and as the Government tries to build links with the President. There are questions however over what steps the Government was willing to practically take.
But he went on: “We are deeply concerned about the growing threat of violent motives and ideas fomenting online, including those which are fuelling a wave of sadistic grooming to coerce children into grooming and self-harm acts.
“The only credible response can be for Sir Keir Starmer to commit to a reworked and strengthened Online Safety Act that tackles this growing tsunami of increasingly interconnected and deeply disturbing harm.”
Kyle said: “That system… could be used for all legal requirements for age verification online.”
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and other ministers also promised tougher legislation if necessary to protect young people from extreme and violent content (Photo: Dominic Lipinski/ PA Wire)UK In A Changing Europe director Anand Menon: “It’s a difficult situation because of the power of the tech giants and their influence in Washington.“It is not beyond the realms of possibility that Trump turns round and says, if you’re going to do that [tougher laws] then you’re going to face tariffs.“But what has to be said is the Government has staked out a position on this and shown that it’s not willing to be bullied, whatever the power of the tech giants or their link with the Trump administration, they are going to put the interests of the UK and its citizens first.”
Ministers were warned that the reality of taming tech would prove more difficult in practice.
“That’s bound to be challenge.”
She also took direct aim at Zuckerberg for watering down content moderation on Facebook and Instagram, telling MPs companies “have the capability to do far more to identify this dangerous content and take action on it”.
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Read MoreAs several Labour MPs called for tougher action, Cooper said social media companies have “incredibly sophisticated technology and resources”.
“I believe that they should use those capabilities, rather than rowing back from content moderation and reducing the responsible action that they take.”
Rudakubana had downloaded the Al Qaeda training manual, which led to a terror charge, while a police search of his home in Banks, Lancashire in the wake of the 29 July murders revealed he had images and documents relating to violence, war and genocide on his devices, as well as knives and poison.
“That with just a few clicks, people can watch video after horrific video. Videos that in some cases are never taken down.
Under the Online safety act companies can be fined a tenth of their global turnover for failing to comply as well as risking criminal action against senior managers
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