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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Woodcock

Demand for new legal duty on social media giants to help crack down on ‘county lines’ gangs

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Social media companies such as Facebook and Twitter should have a new legal duty to report to police any evidence of their platforms being used by “county lines” drug gangs to groom children, ministers have been told.

And new controls should be placed on sales of mobile phones to prevent the gangs covering their tracks by using untraceable “burner” devices.

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