Technology secretary Peter Kyle says Reform UK leader’s latest comments demonstrate he is ‘not on the side of children’

Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has described Peter Kyle claim that he has in effect sided with the likes of Jimmy Savile as “disgusting” and he’s demanded an apology. He posted this on social media.

Peter Kyle’s comments on @SkyNews are disgusting. He should do the right thing and apologise.

Children under 18 should not be viewing involuntarily dangerous, hateful, violent, misogynistic and pornographic material. People have to understand the wild west [lasted on the internet] for too long. That ended on my watch. It ended on the watch of this government. [The implementation of the Online Safety Act is] a big step forward. Believe me, anyone that thinks it’s a step back needs to come and answer now.

I see that Nigel Farage is already saying that he’s going to overturn these laws. So we have people out there who are extreme pornographers, peddling hate, peddling violence. Nigel Farage is on their side.

When it comes to online activity, we have seen unfettered access of adults to children via social media. When we put in the age verification, it stops strange adults getting in touch with children …

Nigel Farage is on the side of turning the clock back to the time when strange adults, strangers, can get in touch via messenging apps with children. We have now asked [social media companies] to age verify the age at which people can have access to online content so we can protect children from unwanted, dangerous content, and also those messaging services.

Source: Guardian - World News