Reform UK vows to repeal ‘borderline dystopian’ Online Safety Act

Nigel Farage and Zia Yusuf say they would find other ways to protect children online but admit they don’t know howReform UK has promised to repeal the Online Safety Act, arguing that measures intended to push social media companies to limit false and potentially harmful content would instead make the UK “a borderline dystopian state”.At a press conference in Westminster billed as discussing crime, Nigel Farage and his close aide Zia Yusuf instead spent much of the time discussing the act, which came into force last week, and particularly its approach towards social media. Continue reading...

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