Cabinet minister says Nigel Farage is on Jimmy Saviles side over online safety
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Above: Peter Kyle arrives for a Cabinet meeting at Downing Street on Jan. 7, 2025, in London, England. Image copyright: Leon Neal/Getty Images
The Spin
Pro-government narrative
The OSA is vital legislation in protecting children online. Implementing age verification to shield young users from dangerous and age-inappropriate content makes the U.K. a safer place for all. Farage's opposition is deeply misguided, and dismissing these protections shows reckless disregard for child welfare in favor of political gain.
Government-critical narrative
The OSA masquerades as child protection but represents the U.K. gravest threat to free speech in decades. Holding the potential to criminalize political dissent under vague "harm" definitions and the ability to rewrite its censorship rules without the assent of Parliament, the British people are seeing their freedoms eroded by establishment overreach.