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Detective Chief Constable Mark Roberts says the response of social media companies in assisting the police to identify abusers has been “woeful” (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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Social media platforms criticised for frustrating police in racism fight

March 5, 2021

Alex Hartley received a barrage of online abuse (John Walton/PA)

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I was told to ‘die in a hole’ – Alex Hartley reveals online abuse over tweet

March 5, 2021

The four friends first went viral last year because of a picture taken of them on a night out (Sony/PA)

Friends who became meme sensation call for ‘justice’ for trolling victims

March 3, 2021

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TikTok creates European Safety Advisory Council to inform on content moderation

March 2, 2021

Social network will also adopt a strike policy against repeat offenders which could lead to permanent suspension from the platform (Lauren Hurley/PA)

Twitter to label tweets containing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines

March 1, 2021

Instagram has expanded its live-streaming feature to enable up to four users to stream at the same time (Nick Ansell/PA)

Instagram launches Live Rooms for four-person live-streams

March 1, 2021

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‘It’s not big and it’s not clever’: Police call out keyboard jokers over flippant Facebook responses to Angus flasher hunt

March 1, 2021

Twitter Super Follows feature (Twitter/PA)

Twitter explores paid Super Follows feature

February 25, 2021

A child touches a TV screen displaying OTT streaming apps at his home in New Delhi, India (Altaf Qadri/AP)

India introduces new rules to regulate online content

February 25, 2021

Kick It Out’s new chief executive says he wants to remove the fear around having an open discussion about race (Mike Egerton/PA)

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Kick It Out chief feels people scared of saying wrong thing regarding racism

February 24, 2021

Sir Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs at Facebook, said the firm remained open to discussing greater regulation of the tech sector (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Facebook’s Australian news ban result of ‘misunderstanding’, says Sir Nick Clegg

February 24, 2021

Tony Burnett is Kick It Out’s new CEO (Steven Paston/PA)

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Kick It Out’s new CEO wants more open conversations around discrimination

February 24, 2021

The TikTok app said it took down more than six million accounts for violating guidelines (PA)

TikTok removed 90 million videos in last six months of 2020

February 24, 2021

Granit Xhaka has been targeted for social media abuse from a number of Arsenal fans (Catherine Ivill/PA)

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Granit Xhaka not afraid to play in front of Arsenal supporters despite abuse

February 24, 2021

Gwyneth Paltrow (Lewis Whyld/PA)

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Covid ‘healing’ methods spark NHS medical director response

February 24, 2021

Nearly £20m-worth of frauds, including several Covid-19 scams, were prevented last year by the Dedicated Card and Payment Crime Unit (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Nearly £20m of fraud prevented in 2020 by banking industry-funded police unit

February 23, 2021

The Australian government has announced Facebook has agreed to lift its ban on Australians sharing news (Richard Drew/AP)

Facebook says it will lift Australian news ban

February 23, 2021

Facebook removed news content from its platform in Australia last week (Niall Carson/PA)

Microsoft calls for Australia-style action forcing tech giants to pay for news

February 22, 2021

Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Culture Secretary to meet Facebook executives over Australia news ban

February 22, 2021

Twitter has defended its policy to allow pseudonyms on its platform (Twitter/PA)

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Twitter won’t change policy on anonymous accounts in fight to stop racist abuse

February 19, 2021