Facebook and TikTok team up with police to crack down on people smugglers 'luring' migrants into crossings
, who has made cutting the number of small boats arriving on UK shores one of his"five pledges", said the new partnerships with various social media companies will tackle attempts to"lure" people into paying to make the perilous journey.
Group discounts, free spaces for children and offers of false documents are among the posts the prime minister wants removed to help achieve his promise to"stop the boats". Nearly 15,000 people have made the dangerous trip across the Dover Strait in small boats so far this year, according to official data compiled and analysed by Sky News.The voluntary partnership between social media firms and the National Crime Agency will seek to redirect people away from such content in the same way as is used to tackle content promoting extremism or eating disorders.
Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, as well as TikTok and X, formally known as Twitter, have all signed up to the plans, Downing Street said.
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