TECH Secretary Peter Kyle has reignited his war with Nigel Farage by accusing him of putting women at risk.
He claims the Reform leader’s vow to repeal online safety laws would “rip up” protections against violent misogyny and revenge porn.
AlamyMr Kyle claims the Reform leader’s vow to repeal online safety laws would ‘rip up’ protections against violent misogyny and revenge porn[/caption]
Mr Kyle sparked a row last month when he alleged Nigel was “on the side” of paedos like Jimmy Savile.
Furious Mr Farage branded the comments “disgusting” and demanded an apology.
But Labour has launched a fresh assault on Mr Farage as he soars in the polls.
Both Deputy PM Angela Rayner and safeguarding minister Jess Phillips are attacking him over women’s safety.
Writing in today’s Sun on Sunday, Mr Kyle says: “When Nigel Farage boasts that he would scrap the Online Safety Act, he’s admitting he’s happy to leave the internet as a wild west and put women and girls at risk.
“He’d rip up protections that crack down on revenge porn, violent misogynistic content, and posts encouraging self-harm or suicide.
“He would tear down the defences we’ve built to hold back dangerous content and that would make the police’s job much harder.”
Reform has promised to scrap the Online Safety Act if it wins the next election, arguing it blocks free speech.
Zia Yusuf, head of the party’s Department of Government Efficiency, said: “This law is the biggest assault on freedom of expression in this country in our lifetimes. Since the Act came into force what has been censored?
“Footage of a protest in Leeds, comments demanding the end of illegal migration, and even biographies of Richard the Lionheart have been removed from social media.
“If this was really about protecting children from predators, why did this law result in the censorship of a speech in Parliament on the grooming gangs?”
Mr Yusuf said Reform would pass a law “fit for purpose”.
It comes after Donald Trump’s US administration attacked Britain for “serious restrictions” on free speech.
GettyPeter Kyle has reignited his war with Nigel Farage by accusing him of putting women at risk[/caption]
Strangle porn ‘rife for kids’
MORE than half of kids have seen strangling in online porn, a shock poll will show this week.
Some 58 per cent of 16 to 21-year-olds said they witnessed it when they were younger.
Most had it served up to them on their feeds without looking for it.
Stronger protections were introduced by Ofcom in July as part of the Online Safety Act.
The Government aims to ban strangling porn through its Crime and Policing Bill.
Children’s Commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza, who ordered the research, said: “Pornography is warping children’s views of themselves, of each other and of their expectations of sex.
“They are seeing, often by accident, things which are illegal in real life.”
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