The tradition secretary is to reserve social media businesses to be more competitive of their response to conspiracy theories linking 5G networks to the coronavirus pandemic.
Oliver Dowden plans to preserve digital conferences with representatives from numerous tech firms subsequent week to talk about the matter.
It follows some of 5G masts seemingly being set on fire.
The difficulty will take a look at the organizations' commitments to free speech.
"We have received several reports of criminal damage to phone masts and abuse of telecoms engineers reputedly stimulated via crackpot conspiracy theories circulating on-line,"
"Those chargeable for crook acts will face the total force of the law.
"We have to additionally see social media groups acting responsibly and taking a whole lot quicker action to prevent nonsense spreading on their structures which encourages such acts."
'Complete rubbish'
False theories are being unfold on smaller structures including Nextdoor, Pinterest and the petitions website Change.Org in addition to large ones such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok.
Scientists have stated the concept of a connection between Covid-19 and 5G is "entire rubbish" and biologically not possible.
Several of the structures have already taken steps to address the problem however have not banned dialogue of the problem outright.
Pinterest, for instance, limits its search results for coronavirus and related terms to displaying pinned information from recognised health firms but does not have a comparable limit for 5G.
Facebook said it had additionally removed a number of agencies that were encouraging assaults on 5G masts.
However, a post entitled "burn toddler burn - it's all started", which followed movies of telecoms equipment ablaze, has been allowed to remain on line right now.
Change.Org said its open nature allowed anybody to set up a petition approximately any problem they cared about, however introduced they must comply with its tips to live on line.
"We have removed some of petitions making unsubstantiated fitness claims approximately 5G from the platform," a spokeswoman introduced.
Vodafone, one of the networks affected, has stated the attacks are "now a be counted of national protection".
"It beggars notion that a few human beings ought to want to damage the very networks which might be supplying crucial connectivity to the emergency offerings, the NHS, and rest of the us of a throughout this tough lockdown duration," wrote UK chief govt Nick Jeffery.
"It also makes me angry to study that some people have been abusing our engineers as they cross approximately their business.
"Online tales connecting the unfold of coronavirus to 5G are fully baseless. Please do not share them on social media - faux news could have extreme results."
The campaign against 5G has been flourishing on social media for the last yr.
Facebook particularly has been full of agencies claiming the era is risky, with lots of them additionally pushing anti-vaccine messages.
Until recently, aside from the unusual fact-checking message along posts, the corporations have accomplished little to combat this fashion. Neither Twitter nor YouTube, as an example, has an alternative of their reporting systems to flag incorrect information.
Even on Friday, court cases to Facebook moderators approximately a group that seemed to inspire arson attacks on 5G masts obtained replies announcing the page did "not violate our network standards" - although after the BBC contacted Facebook's press workplace it turned into taken down.
In everyday instances, social media systems are very reluctant to lessen what they regard as an critical part of their mission: giving people the right to unfastened expression, however outlandish or unscientific their views.
The government is efficaciously waging a battle towards a deadly virus, and keyworkers looking after critical infrastructure are going through abuse, in all likelihood inspired via those social media campaigners.
That method there may be now intense stress at the likes of Facebook, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter to fight what one minister has called "risky nonsense" - and they'll need to be seen to be appearing responsibly, even though some of their users cry censorship.
