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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Corbett

Government defends Online Safety Act after X claims it threatens free speech

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has attacked the Online Safety Act (Leon Neal/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government has defended the Online Safety Act after Elon Musk’s X said the legislation was threatening free speech.

In a post titled What Happens When Oversight Becomes Overreach, the platform, formerly known as Twitter, outlined criticism of the act and the “heavy-handed” UK regulators.

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