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United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has unveiled a voluntary partnership between social media companies and the UK government to accelerate action to tackle people smuggling content online, such as criminals sharing information about illegal English Channel crossings.
In an announcement over the weekend as reported by PTI , Sunak said the move would help meet his “stop the boats” target of clamping down on illegal migrants being charged large sums by human traffickers to make dangerous crossings across the high seas.
The online content being targeted by the new partnership would cover discount offers for groups of people, free spaces for children, offers of false documents and false claims of safe passage – all of which the government says target vulnerable people for profit and put people’s lives at risk through dangerous and illegal journeys.
