UK Prime Minister Theresa May calls for internet regulations following London attacks
This morning, British Prime Minister Theresa May spoke to the need for new regulations on the internet to combat extremism, following last night’s terror attack in London.
Yesterday evening, three attackers used a van to ram pedestrians on London Bridge, and proceeded to drive to Borough Market, where they attacked civilians with knives. The attacks left seven people dead and 48 injured in the span of eight minutes before the three attackers were killed by police.
“We cannot allow this ideology the safe space it needs to breed,” May said outside of 10 Downing Street this morning, “yet that is precisely what the internet, and the big companies that provide internet-based services provide.” She went on to say the UK needed undertake new…