Extreme content Southport killer viewed remains online, Yvette Cooper warns

The British Home Secretary wrote to Elon Musk’s X, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, TikTok, Google and YouTube in late January calling on them to “urgently review” material accessed by Rudakubana

Axel Rudakubana viewed violent content online before the Southport killings (Merseyside Police/PA)

Violent videos which Southport killer Axel Rudakubana watched are still online after the British government asked social media companies for them to be removed, Yvette Cooper has said.

The Home Secretary wrote to Elon Musk’s X, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, TikTok, Google and YouTube in late January calling on them to “urgently review” material accessed by Rudakubana.