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Minister tells social media firms to remove posts that ‘celebrate’ dangerous driving after A66 crash
Power & DiplomacyThe Guardian24 Aug, 05:01 pmAtlasHour
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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 when a Volkswagen Passat, containing five individuals aged between 23 and 17, crashed head-on with a marked armed response vehicle while driving the wrong way on the A66...

By AtlasHour DeskPublished 24 Aug, 05:01 pm1 min read
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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.

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