Rapid action needed on online hate, say Angela Rayner and Sadiq Khan
by Peter Walker from Technology | The Guardian on (#641HQ)
Labour deputy and London mayor call for ministers to push ahead with online harms bill
Ministers need to push through legislative efforts to clamp down on online hate, Angela Rayner and Sadiq Khan have argued, as they said abuse and prejudice had become monetised".
Speaking at a Labour conference fringe event in Liverpool, Khan, the mayor of London, said analysis had uncovered 230,000 racist tweets about him sent since he took the role in 2016, and that barely any were removed.
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