UK’s Burnham says glorifying dangerous driving on social media is ‘reprehensible’

A car driven the wrong way down a major road crashed into a police armed response vehicle, killing seven.

From the so-called “teen takeovers” sparking curfews across the United States, to the “blackout challenge” where users choke themselves, viral and occasionally dangerous challenges spurred on by social media have become a draw for some youngsters.

It comes after a devastating collision which led to the deaths of two police officers and five others in Middlesborough

The latest dangerous social media trend that ‘gamifies’ deadly driving  CNN

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Downing Street condemns ‘utterly disgraceful’ clips and says sites are legally obliged to take them down The government has given its full backing to Ofcom to take “tough action” against social media platforms that fail to remove videos which depict dangerous driving after a crash that killed seven people near Middlesb

No 10 urges social media firms to remove videos 'glorifying' dangerous driving  ITVX

Defence minister Luke Pollard says "there's no place" for social media trend showing people driving the wrong way down roads.

No 10 warns social media firms over glorifying dangerous driving  The Times

The ‘sighting’ videos and images have been shared by a host of accounts on TikTok, Facebook and X, many only created within the past week

Pc Matthew Blades and Pc Tom Clough were killed when a car, which had been pursued by police, was driven the wrong way along a road.

Pc Matthew Blades and Pc Tom Clough were killed when a car, which had been pursued by police, was driven the wrong way along a road.

Social media companies including TikTok have been told to take down dangerous content showing people driving on the wrong side of the road after a tragic crash killed seven people including two police officers

Social media companies such as TikTok that they need to "step up" over the “absolutely idiotic” trend where people film themselves driving the wrong way down roads

Car travelling wrong way down dual carriageway crashed head-on into a police vehicle, killing seven

12 dead in UK, Irish 'wrong-side' crashes (AP image)Twelve people have died in less than a week in separate crashes in Britain and Ireland involving vehicles being driven on the wrong side of major roads, with authorities warning that dangerous driving is being encouraged by social media.Seven people, including two ser

12 dead in UK, Ireland 'wrong-side' crashes  Dawn

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