How U.K. Is Taking on Tech Firms After Attacks: QuickTake Q&A

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May launched another assault on social media networks after seven people were killed and 48 injured in a terrorist rampage in London on June 3. May said the U.K. will coordinate with other governments to force internet companies to stop providing “safe spaces” online for extremists to recruit and coordinate attacks. The U.K. already has strict surveillance laws, and is planning to push through even tougher rules on how social media platforms counter extremism online.

The U.K. clearly means business. “Things need to change,” May said. “We cannot allow this ideology the safe space it needs to breed. Yet that is precisely what the internet –- and the big companies that provide internet-based services –- provide.”