It is shameful that social media giants refused for so long to protect our children.
Lives are at stake, but Facebook, Snapchat, Google and Twitter have only just agreed to work with the Samaritans to remove harmful material from the web. These giant corporations should have done something sooner.
Tragically, we can’t bring back the vulnerable youngsters whose bereaved families blame social media content for their deaths.
But we can make things safer for the future.
Internet firms can no longer dodge responsibility for dangerous online content by claiming that they are platforms, not publishers.
These hi-tech firms employ incredibly clever people who surely have the skills to remove material encouraging suicide or showing horrific crimes such as beheadings by terrorists. We must make these social media giants accountable for the content on their sites.
Back 2nd vote
We understand many people’s concerns about a second referendum on Brexit.
There are real worries it could lead to yet more division while risking little resolution.
But Labour chief Jeremy Corbyn now needs to show leadership to his party on this issue ahead of next month’s European elections.
The party agreed a policy of supporting a second referendum if there was no general election. Mr Corbyn must now follow the agreed policy or risk splitting the party.
Labour’s uneasy alliance will disintegrate and an opposition leading in general election opinion polls could plummet to the depths of the bitterly warring, divided Tories.
Today’s National Executive Committee meeting must reflect the mood of Labour members, MPs and, most importantly, voters.
Whale, I never
Norwegian fishermen believe the beluga they found with a camera mounted on its head is a trained Kremlin spy.
Others argue that there is a more innocent explanation for the mammal’s presence in the Arctic. We suggest not Russian to conclusions.
