Nadine Dorries lambasts Silicon Valley ahead of new online abuse laws

As the UK government prepares legislation, culture secretary criticises tech leaders who decide who is silenced or cancelled"

Silicon Valley executives will no longer be the supreme arbiters" of online speech, according to the culture secretary, as the government prepares to publish reformed legislation to tackle online abuse.

Nadine Dorries said unelected" tech leaders had become some of the most powerful people in the world due to a lack of robust regulation, adding that the situation will change under the online safety bill. This imposes a duty of care on tech companies to protect users from harmful content. A revised version will be published on Thursday.