The UK's Online Safety Act has prompted social media platforms X and Reddit to block a broad range of content, including videos related to asylum seeker hotel protests, parliamentary debates, and coverage of Ukraine and Gaza. Campaigners have warned that the law is having a detrimental impact on free speech. X, owned by Elon Musk, has publicly criticized the UK government for what it describes as 'overreach' and heavy-handed enforcement of the legislation. The social media company has called for significant changes to the law, arguing that it risks suppressing free speech in the country.