Social media websites are fueling violence by hosting videos that glamourise gangs, minister warns

James Brokenshire, the Housing minister
James Brokenshire, the Housing minister

James Brokenshire, the housing minister who is recovering from lung cancer, is on Saturday walking 22 miles as he raises money in memory of murdered teenager Jimmy Mizen. www.justgiving.com/fundraising/jamesbrokenshire

Social media websites are fueling knife and gun crime on the streets by hosting "appalling" videos that glamourise violence,  a Cabinet minister has warned.

James Brokenshire says that social media websites have to take greater responsibility and remove violent content as he warns that videos hosted on the websites are "luring" young people into gangs. 

​Mr Brokenshire, who is recovering from lung cancer, spoke to The Telegraph ahead of a 22-mile walk in memory of the murdered...

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