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The Free Speech Union, a pressure group led by the Tory peer Lord Young, said: “If you have a standard X account in the UK – presumably the majority of British users – it appears that you may not be able to see any protest footage that contains violence.”
A screenshot shared by Benjamin Jones, one of the group’s directors, showed a content label in place of one post that said: “Due to local laws, we are temporarily restricting access to this content until X estimates your age.”
The Free Speech Union added that it was aware of at least one post which had been censored that showed an arrest being made.
Nick Gutteridge and Dominic Penna, The Telegraph, 26th July 2025.
