Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has demanded that social media firms remove violent materials that could inspire further attacks, following the Southport tragedy where Axel Rudakubana was sentenced to 52 years for murdering three children. In her letter to major tech companies, Cooper criticized the easy access to extremist content, like an al-Qaeda training manual, which Rudakubana had studied. While possession of such material is illegal in the UK, its availability online poses a significant risk. Cooper insists that tech companies bear a moral responsibility to prevent future harm by curtailing access to dangerous instructional materials.
Cooper noted the video of the attack had been removed in Australia but could still be accessed in the UK, adding the Southport attack had 'laid bare the potential consequences of such access.'
The ease of access to such dangerous, illegal content is unacceptable. We must prevent further unlawful access to instructional material by those wishing to do harm to the United Kingdom.
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