- The UK government has urged social media companies to remove videos showing people driving the wrong way down roads following two fatal crashes.
- Two police officers and five young men were killed on the A66 in Teesside when a Volkswagen Passat being pursued by police drove the wrong way and hit an armed response vehicle.
- Reports indicate that individuals involved in the Teesside crash had previously filmed and shared footage of reckless driving on social media platforms like TikTok.
- The incident follows a similar crash in Kildare, Ireland, a week prior, in which five teenagers died and four were injured after a vehicle travelled on the wrong side of a motorway.
- Tech companies currently face no automatic duty to remove wrong-way driving videos under the Online Safety Act unless the content itself constitutes a criminal offence.
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