Remove videos seen by Southport killer, Yvette Cooper tells tech firms

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Chancellor Rachel Reeves urge tech companies like Meta and Google to remove violent material from social media to prevent further attacks, citing the case of the Southport killer who accessed an al-Qaeda training manual online. Axel Rudakubana, who killed three children and injured others in an attack, used techniques from the manual. The government’s Online Safety Act, set to become law in March, will require platforms to take measures against illegal content, but Cooper emphasizes the companies’ moral responsibility to act immediately.

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