The UK had two million videos removed in the time period, ranking fourth in the world for the company.

TikTok pulls 49 million 'inappropriate' videos over six months 

Google-owned YouTube and Mark Zuckerburg's Facebook have vowed to clamp down on hate speech.

Starbucks has suspended advertising on Facebook, following the likes of Coca-Cola and Unilever, amid concerns the tech giant is failing to address the issue.

Facebook and YouTube crack down on hate speech as top firms halt advertising

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The coffee giant joins global brands including Coca-Cola, Diageo and Unilever which have recently removed advertising from social platforms.

Starbucks suspends social media ads over hate speech

The videos - viewable and created by children as young as 13 - were taken down by TikTok after ITV News made it aware. 

Parents shock after ITV News discovers dozens of inappropriate videos on TikTok

Donald Trump accused platforms of ‘silencing conservative voices’.

Trump signs executive order curbing protections for social media

Culture Secretary Nicky Morgan is expected to announce a widened remit for Ofcom as an internet watchdog.

Government to appoint Ofcom as online safety regulator

Children are increasingly using social media to promote activist causes, in what has been dubbed as the "Greta effect".

How Greta Thunberg is inspiring the next wave of child activists

The father of schoolgirl Molly Russell, who took her life in 2017, backs the recommendations, which include tech firms paying for research.

Psychiatrists call for social networks to hand over data amid suicide concerns

The social network has started warning users who have been inactive on its platform for more than six months that their account risks being 

Twitter accounts belonging to deceased will not be removed in ‘clean-up’

The amount spent by non-political groups to get people to register to vote is largely unnoticed, but some money comes from partisan groups.

Partisan groups financing non-political voter registration campaigns

Social media filters which allow users to look like they have undergone plastic surgery are to be removed from Instagram.

'Plastic surgery' filters to be removed from Instagram

Ms Baloch - dubbed Pakistan's Kim Kardashian - was found strangled in her home near the city of Multan.

Brother jailed for life for killing Pakistani social media model Qandeel Baloch

Activists say adverts can have a negative effect on young and vulnerable people's mental health and body image.

Instagram announces tougher restriction on diet and cosmetic surgery adverts

The charity said that one in 25 children had done so using Snapchat, Facebook or Facebook Messenger.

NSPCC: More than 200,000 secondary school children may have been groomed online

The social media giants say they're committed to combating online abuse, but what can parents do to cut the risk to their child?

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