May urges internet action

THERESA May will today urge investors to pull their cash out of internet firms that fail to take down terrorist propaganda and child abuse images.

In a speech at the summit of global financiers and senior politicians at Davos in Switzerland, the Prime Minister is to say that shareholders can play a vital role in pressuring technology bosses.

Mrs May flew into the ski resort hosting the World Economic Forum last night and will attend a series of sessions with business chiefs and fellow national leaders today. She is also expected to hold talks with US President Donald Trump at the summit this afternoon.

In a “special address” to the elite gathering, she is expected say: “Technology companies still need to go further in stepping up to their responsibilities for dealing with harmful and illegal online activity.

“These companies simply cannot stand by while their platforms are used to facilitate child abuse, modern slavery or the spreading of terrorist and extremist content.”