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film festival in new york. that s in half an hour here on bbc news. good morning and welcome to bbc news. social media companies are being accused of a shameful failure to tackle online illegal and dangerous content. a report by a group of mps says sites like facebook, twitter and google put more effort into protecting their profits than keeping the public safe online. the home affairs select committee branded the firms‘ lack of action as a disgrace . asjonathan blake reports. twitter, facebook, and google. big brands and household names used by billions online every day, but accused again of doing nowhere near enough to tackle illegal, abusive, or extremist posts. i think both the richest and biggest companies in the world have both the ability and the responsibility to make sure that this kind of illegal and dangerous material is removed. i don t think they are taking this seriously enough, and i think they need to. the mp suggested fines for social media compa ....
to take certain actions. but is it really possible for the companies to pick out extremist and abusive material amid the millions of posts being put up on social media sites every day? there is certainly more that companies can do, and they have acknowledged that. they could improve takedown times, partnering with each other to flag content across platforms. but we should also be careful. the way that systems work, the way platfroms work, is that they have a limited liability for the content on there, much like the post office can t steam open every envelope to see if a criminal is sending a message to another criminal. so, at the moment, social media companies are still largely reliant on their users reporting what they consider to be illegal material. and for the mps who wrote today s report, that is not acceptable. they are now expecting the tech giants to do much more. richard galpin, bbc news. this thursday, millions of voters in england will elect a new kind of po ....
and under the weight of the past few weeks of rolling crises in the white house, it s happened. a special prosecutor has been appointed to oversee investigations into alleged russian interference in the us election. he s a former head of the fbi, robert mueller. making the announcement, the us deputy attorney general said it didn t necessarily mean crimes had been committed. and mrtrump claimed: a thorough investigation will confirm what we already know there was no collusion between my campaign and any foreign entity. our correspondent in washington, laura bicker, has more. he was appointed by george w bush. his senate confirmation hearing was held a few days before the september 11 attacks. he was kept on under president obama for another two years and retired in 2013. he was the predecessor and of the now sacked director of the fbi, james comey. tonight you cannot find a single republican or democrat who will criticise this man. he seems to be well respected by b ....
safety a nd recruitment of workers, strengthen safety and protection is at work and give all workers equal rights from day one in the job. cheering and applause and increase prosecutions of employers evading the minimum wage. applause and four areas where immigration has placed a strain on public services we will reinstate the migrant impact fund, scrapped by the tories and lib dems after the 2010 election. labour s team will also guarantee and expand the rights and protections that british workers have secured three eu legislation. we will bring forward specific rights and protections bill that will lock those protections into uk law. the conservatives simply cannot be trusted on rights at work. they fled an all out assault on workers‘ rights through their trade union act. borisjohnson rights through their trade union act. boris johnson has rights through their trade union act. borisjohnson has demanded that the government should scrap the eu social chapter, and the ....
police in manchester say they have found a car that may be significant to their investigation into last week s attack. well, now on bbc news we look ahead to sportsday at half past six this evening. we will be live in cardiff, as thousands of fans descend on the welsh capital, ahead of tomorrow night s champions league final. security at the principality stadium has been a concern following the manchester bombing of last week, but uefa s president insists it will be as safe as possible. we ll also be looking ahead to the british and irish lions‘ first game in new zealand tomorrow, as their tour officially gets underway, and we preview the derby, with a look at the frankel foal no one wanted. that s all in sportsday at 6:30pm, but now on bbc news it s time for the film review. hello and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is james king. so, james, what do we have this week? well, it s a bit of a globetrotting week th ....