Web giants such as Facebook and Twitter must automatically remove vile abuse aimed at women, Theresa May will demand today.

The Prime Minister will urge companies to utilise the same technology used to take down terrorist propaganda to remove rape threats and harassment.

Speaking at the G7 summit in Quebec, Mrs May will call on firms to do more to tackle content promoting and depicting violence against women and girls, including illegal violent pornography.

She will also demand the automatic removal of adverts that are linked to people-trafficking.

The Prime Minister will demand social media companies remove abuse with the same technology used to detect terror threats

Theresa May and her husband Phillip arrive ahead of the G7 summit in Charlevoix in Canada on Thursday

At the meeting of the leaders of the G7her experiences at a debate on anti-Semitism in April. A separate report found that female MPs from all parties were sent more than 25,000 abusive messages on Twitter in just six months last year. Nearly half of all abusive messages were directed at Diane Abbott, the shadow home secretary, including racist Tweets and death threats.

The Prime Minister will also announce £187million of new funding to help more than 400,000 girls in developing countries receive a better education. Mrs May will tell her fellow leaders that it is a ‘devastating waste of potential’ that 130 million girls around the world are not getting a proper education.

The summit is expected to be overshadowed by the looming trade war triggered by Donald Trump and will be the first opportunity for Mrs