FILE PHOTO: Britain's Home Secretary Yvette Cooper speaks on stage at Britain's Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, September 24, 2024. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said the bosses of social media companies and online marketplaces could be personally fined if they fail to tackle the sale and promotion of dangerous and illegal knives on their platforms, under proposals published on Wednesday.
Interior minister Yvette Cooper said an epidemic of knife crime was devastating families and communities across the country, and the government had set out a mission to halve it over the next decade.
"That means tough new sanctions for technology executives who fail to tackle illegal knife sales on their platforms, and a comprehensive ban on ninja swords," she said in a statement on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Muvija M and Paul Sandle; editing by Sarah Young)
