The “glorification of dangerous driving for clicks and entertainment” was “utterly disgraceful” and such content should be removed, a spokesman for the prime minister has said.
This weekend, five young men died in a car travelling down on the wrong side of the A66; two policemen also died in the collision.
In Ireland, just a week before, five boys died in a crash after their car was driven the wrong way down a motorway.
Niall speaks to Dr Mary Aiken, a professor of forensic cyberpsychology at the University of East London, and tech journalist Will Guyatt about what is driving young people to risk their lives in this way? And are social media companies doing enough to take down the content?
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