Social media firms should remove dangerous driving videos, minister says

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…

24 Aug, 10:50

Social media firms should remove dangerous driving videos, minister says

Defence minister Luke Pollard says "there's no place" for social media trend showing people driving the wrong way down roads.

24 Aug, 09:48

Remove content celebrating dangerous driving, social media companies told

PCs Tom Clough, 38, and Matthew Blades, 37, died after the police vehicle they were driving was struck by a Volkswagen Passat travelling on the wrong side of the A66 in Teesside on Saturday night

24 Aug, 07:13