Tech firms face fines up to £60,000 for failing to remove knife crime content
- Tech firms may be fined up to £60,000 for advertising knives to young people or for failing to remove knife crime content from their platforms.
- Policing Minister Dame Diana Johnson stated that the online portrayal of knife crime normalizes violence and harms efforts to reduce it among young people.
- Home Secretary Yvette Cooper emphasized the need for stricter laws, indicating that there are gaps in current regulations around online weapon sales.
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Massive change to online knife laws with social media bosses facing huge fines
Tech bosses will face personal fines of £10,000 while their companies could also be hit with £60,000 demands if they advertise or glorify knives - much higher than originally planned
Tech firms face fines up to £60,000 for failing to remove knife crime content
The government is extending measures to fine individual tech executives whose platforms fail to remove knife content - but campaigners say more still needs to be done amid soaring knife crime rates.
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