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Downing Street condemns ‘utterly disgraceful’ clips and says sites are legally obliged to take them down
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United Kingdom — Raphael Boyd
Downing Street condemns ‘utterly disgraceful’ clips and says sites are legally obliged to take them down
The government has given its full backing to Ofcom to take “tough action” against social media platforms that fail to remove videos that depict dangerous driving after a crash that killed seven people near Middlesbrough.
The collision in the early hours of Saturday , in which PC Matthew Blades and PC Tom Clough died, occurred when a Volkswagen Passat carrying five people aged between 23 and 17 crashed head-on with a marked armed response vehicle while driving the wrong way on the A66.
The government has given its full backing to Ofcom to take “tough action” against social media platforms that fail to remove videos that depict dangerous driving after a crash that killed seven people near Middlesbrough.
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Source: The Guardian · Raphael Boyd. Published 24 Aug 2026, 12:49 pm.
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