UK defence minister Luke Pollard urges social media companies to remove videos showing dangerous driving, including the trend of driving the wrong way down roads. He says there is “no place” for such content on social media.
Both outlets report the comments amid public anger about dangerous clips following serious incidents involving wrong-way driving. The focus is on platforms’ role in encouraging risky behaviour through viral trends. While the BBC highlights the minister’s stance that the content should not exist on these services, the Evening Standard frames the remarks alongside “fury” after horror crashes and quotes Pollard arguing that the type of content encourages others to imitate it. Both accounts point to the same call for takedowns and the same emphasis on public safety.
The reports do not indicate specific enforcement actions or whether any videos have been removed. They also do not provide details on broader government proposals beyond Pollard’s public appeal to social media firms.
