Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle captionSkip to navigation Sadiq Khan has long been a target for Islamophobic and other abusive social media posts. Photograph: James Manning/PA View image in fullscreen Sadiq Khan has long been a target for Islamophobic and other abusive social media posts. Photograph: James Manning/PA Sadiq Khan demands stronger action on social media ‘outrage economy’Mayor says disinformation, including about London crime rates, is ‘eating away at basic bonds of trust’ Sadiq Khan has called on ministers to take significantly stronger action against social media companies that spread disinformation after a study showed a surge in hostile accounts posting falsehoods about London’s crime rates and integration.In an intervention on what he called “the outrage economy”, the London mayor, who has also written to social media firms demanding change, said a lack of action could prompt more domestic terrorism by people who believe conspiracy theories they find online.Speaking at a disinformation summit in Cambridge on Thursday evening, Khan said robust central government action seemed increasingly necessary if social media companies continued to neglect the issue, and the media regulator Ofcom seemed unable to enforce change.Keir Starmer says UK will ‘have to act’ to curb addictive features of social media Read moreResearch compiled by an analysis unit within the Greater London Authority…
Published: April 9, 2026 5:00 pm
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