Reform has vowed to scrap the Online Safety Act because it creates a 'dystopian' world that suppresses freedom of speech.

Nigel Farage's intervention comes after it emerged that X blocked a powerful speech on grooming gangs by Tory minister Katie Lam in Parliament this year.

Meanwhile, footage of arrests during asylum seeker hotel protests was also blocked 'due to local laws', according to the social media platform.

Last week, the law changed to require websites to check users are over 18 before allowing them to access 'harmful' material such as pornography or suicide material.

Failing to comply with the new rules could incur fines of up to £18million or 10 per cent of a firm's global turnover.