the online world can seem like a lawless space. this bill, a first attempt to regulate it, is expected before parliament soon. tech companies had already been told they would face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they didn t take down child abuse material and terrorism content. now that will apply to drugs and arms dealing, encouraging suicide, fraud and revenge porn. the government says it will be able to bring the full weight of the law against people using the internet as against people using the internet as a weapon to ruin other people s lives. those who send threatening messages, like the racist abuse of england s footballers last year, will face prosecution, as well people at the companies themselves. the organisations will have to enable individuals who will be responsible within those organisations for complying with the legislation. if they continue to flout that legislation, those named individuals will be responsible and could face up to five years imprisonment.
and coming up the bbc sjiyar gol travels to israel on the trail of half a ton of missing iranian secret documents. that s in the hidden war at 1.30. a good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a former government minister has joined calls for borisjohnson to resign over the claims of downing street lockdown parties and submitted a letter of no confidence. nick gibb who was schools minister until last year accused the prime minister of flagra ntly disregarding the rules . mrjohnson has written to all of his mps, pledging to improve the way downing street operates. our political correspondent damian grammaticas reports. borisjohnson left downing street for the weekend last night and escaped to the countryside, perhaps, but there s no escaping his difficulties. nick gibb, a former schools minister, the latest mp to submit a letter of no confidence. in today s telegraph, which once carried mrjohnson s columns, he says. adding. others disagree. of course there are problem
the community, wasn t he? so although this was worldwide, global news, it would have been felt much more personal here in norfolk. yes, i mean, the king was very special to everybody in norfolk because he. i think sandringham was one of his most favourite places to be. and i remember that my sister and my mother and i went to wolverston station and saw the king s coffin being put on the train. and it was so moving because the train went very, very slowly and there was so many people. most of us didn t have television sets in those days, but one or two people did. and i remember, they were like postage stamps, and we went to someone who had one to watch the queen coming back from africa. and it was so moving her standing at the top of the stairs in her black coat. and suddenly, somebody, you know, we d known i d known since she was a child was queen. of course, the queen every year comes here this is where she wants to remember him. absolutely. as the queen. i think it
of her accession to the throne. and coming up during a special programme at 14:30. we follow three nurses over the course of a night shift in one of the busiest intensive units in the west midlands. the government is strengthening the law to force social media companies to take down illegal content without waiting for it to be reported by users. under the online safety bill, firms will have to remove a number of categories of illegal material with several more now being added, including drugs and arms dealing, and forums that encourage suicide. sanchia berg reports the online world can seem like a lawless space. this bill a first attempt to regulate it is expected before parliament soon. tech companies had already been told they d face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they didn t take down child abuse material and terrorism content. now that will apply to drugs and arms dealing, encouraging suicide, fraud, and revenge porn. the government says it will be able to bring