UK demands action from tech giants over online child abuse


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 04 Sep 2018

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Secretary of State for the Home Department, Sajid Javid, makes a speech in central London, Britain, June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo.

LONDON: Britain warned on Sept 3 that Internet giants could face new laws if they fail to tackle online child abuse content, with up to 80,000 people in the country deemed to pose a threat.  

“The threat has evolved quicker than industry’s response and industry has not kept up. I am not just asking for change, I am demanding it,” British interior minister Sajid Javid said in a speech in London. 

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