Remembering women who won the vote, Britain’s May calls for end to online abuse

British Prime Minister Theresa May visits the Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai, China February 2, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song

LONDON: Prime Minister Theresa May will urge companies, lawmakers and other Britons on Feb 6 to fight to stop the "coarsening" of political debate, using the centenary of women winning the vote to highlight modern-day online abuse. 

In a speech in the northern English city of Manchester, the birthplace and home of Emmeline Pankhurst who led Britain's suffragette movement, May will announce government measures to make sure social media firms are stamping out offensive content.