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Take action now over riot posts, social media firms told

The open letter comes as social media firms face increasing scrutiny over their role in the disorder.

Ofcom has told social media firms - which have been blamed for stoking the unrest sweeping parts of the UK - that there is "no need to wait" to make their platforms safer. Prof Lorna Woods, of the University of Essex, who helped shape the Online Safety Act, said Ofcom was "in a difficult place", because of the need to wait for its enhanced powers. Earlier this week, the prime minister became embroiled in an online spot with Elon Musk, after the tech billionaire responded to the disorder by writing on X that "civil war" in the UK was "inevitable."

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