The British Reform Party opposes the “online safety” legislation

While the head of the Reform Party, Nigel Farraj, on LBC TV criticizing the British government’s plans related to the “online safety law”, a father who was shocked by the loss of his 15 -year -old son, faced after an attack on social media three years ago.

The father, whose name is George, said that if the “online safety law” was valid at the time, he would have been forced the platforms to enter the age, restrict harmful content, and prevent him from insulting children like his son.

During a press conference, held earlier this week, the leader of this right -wing party said that he would cancel the legislation that he described as “catastrophic”, which sparked angry reactions against him, and this comes after Faraj revealed a former member of the Conservative Party, which made a racist suspension via “WhatsApp”, as the most recent of him.

The father, George, asked Faraj, saying: “Do you admit that this law is not theoretical, but rather a matter of life or death for the bereaved families like my family?”

Faraj replied to him: “George is terrifying. If the age verification in itself was able to prevent such incidents and tragedies, I would have completely supported it, George, but the problem is that he does not do this because of the path of the virtual private network of the Internet, and this is the problem .. There must be a technical solution to this problem, and I do not know what it is, and certainly the government does not know what it is.”

The head of the UK Reform Party, addressing the father: “George .. I hope that what she describes here is exactly what the conservatives enacted from legislation, and then he sought it to include many other areas.

This controversy comes amid a dispute between senior government ministers and Faraj, regarding the efficacy of the “online safety law” that came into effect last week, which is criticized by Farraj.

Under this legislation, technology companies are required, to introduce tools to verify age, control harmful algorithms, and remove harmful content.

British Minister of Technology Peter Kyle said that the abolition of laws will put Varage in the row of “extremist pornographic producers who promote hatred and violence.”

Amid comments that Faraj described as “disgusting”, the minister continued, saying: “There is no doubt about that, the Internet will be a good hotbed for criminals and deviant intentions, who intend to offend and sabotage society, and to offend people, especially children, and Nigel Farraj says that he is in their class and wants to keep the Internet open to the bad who do whatever they want.”

Faraj responded in a post on the “X” website, saying: “Minister Peter Kyle’s comments on (Sky News) seem to be disgusting, and he must do the right instead of these hadiths he says, and he apologizes for what he has done.”

In turn, Prime Minister Kiir Starmer defended, during his meeting with US President Donald Trump, last Monday from this legislation, denouncing the people who criticize him, and told reporters about his point of view on the legislation and its benefit: “We do not exercise control over anyone.

We have some measures to protect children who can be easily deceived, specifically from sites such as suicide sites, where more than one suicide incident occurred for children because of these sites. ”

The Prime Minister added: “I personally feel strongly that we must protect children from adolescence – this is usually the case – such as suicide on the sites, and I do not see this an issue that can relate to freedom of expression, but rather an attempt to protect children from a danger that they can be exposed to from bad parties.” About the British “Mirror”