No 10 says glorification of dangerous driving ‘for clips and entertainment is utterly disgraceful’ – UK politics live
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| Original publisher | World news | The Guardian |
| Canonical URL | https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2026/aug/24/labour-andy-bunrham-social-media-firms-dangerous-driving-content-middlesborough-latest-news-updates |
| Publication time | Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:58:51 GMT |
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07.51 EDTGlorification of dangerous driving 'for clips and entertainment is utterly disgraceful', No 10 saysIn other news, No 10 has described the glorification of dangerous driving “for clips and entertainment” as “utterly disgraceful” as a viral trend showing young people going the wrong way down roads has renewed scrutiny of social media regulation.TikTok is among the social media firms that have been urged to remove wrong-way driving videos from its platforms after two police officers and five others were killed in a crash on the A66, as we mentioned in the opening post.A Downing Street spokesperson said this afternoon: double quotation markThe glorification of dangerous driving for clips and entertainment is utterly disgraceful and that is why we have raised the issue of this…
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