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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Robert Booth, Vikram Dodd, Peter Walker and Jessica Elgot

UK ministers pledge to overhaul terror laws amid Southport murders outcry

Starmer before giving speech
Starmer said it was not right that ‘with just a few clicks, people can watch video after horrific video’. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Terrorism laws will be overhauled and technology companies be pressured to remove a “tidal wave” of online violent content that is inspiring acts of murder, ministers have said amid growing anger over the Southport stabbings.

After it emerged Axel Rudakubana had accessed violent content in his bedroom before he stabbed three girls to death in July, Keir Starmer said it could not be right that “with just a few clicks, people can watch video after horrific video, videos that in some cases are never taken down”.

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