Mr Zuckerberg said the move, seen by some as an attempt to curry favour with the incoming Donald Trump administration in the US, was about “restoring freedom of expression”. But online safety campaigners have expressed concern that it will allow misinformation to spread more easily and leave children and young people vulnerable to harmful content. Campaigner Ian Russell has warned the UK is ‘going backwards’ on online safety (Yui Mok/PA)He said: “The frontline of online safety now sits with this Government and action is needed to tackle widespread preventable harm happening on their watch.”His comments follow an intervention by Molly’s father Ian Russell, who on Saturday warned that the UK was “going backwards” on online safety. Mr Russell said the implementation of the Online Safety Act had been a “disaster” that had “starkly highlighted intrinsic structural weaknesses with the legislative framework”. Challenged on Mr Russell’s comments on Sunday, Mr Kyle said he had given “a very personal commitment to making sure that everybody, particularly people with vulnerabilities and every child is vulnerable, has protection”.

Source: The Times January 12, 2025 17:27 UTC