Bosses on social media personally liable over knives

SOCIAL media bosses who fail to stop illegal knives being advertised on their sites could face £10,000 fines from police under Government plans.

The Home Office said the proposed measures, announced yesterday, to make senior technology executives “personally liable” were in a bid to combat the “unacceptable use of social media and online marketplaces to market illegal weapons and glorify violence” and to make sure content is quickly removed.

Police will be given the power to issue notices to senior bosses at online companies and order them to remove specific adverts and content, potentially within two days, if the plans progress.