Now they’re censoring Reform’s policy announcements
TikTok has removed a video by Zia Yusuf, a spokesman for Reform UK, outlining the party's immigration policy, citing hate speech as the reason. This incident highlights concerns about the Online Safety Act, which critics argue incentivizes platforms to censor content excessively. Yusuf's experience exemplifies the chilling effect of such regulations on political speech and free expression.
- ▪Zia Yusuf's video on immigration policy was removed by TikTok for allegedly promoting hate speech.
- ▪The removal was triggered by a report made under the Online Safety Act, which imposes heavy fines on non-compliance.
- ▪Critics argue that the Online Safety Act creates a chilling effect on free speech by incentivizing platforms to censor content preemptively.
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Now they’re censoring Reform’s policy announcements TikTok’s removal of Zia Yusuf’s video on migration shows why we must repeal the Online Safety Act. i x dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "Gawain Towler" }) Gawain Towler 18th May 2026 i x Share Topics Free Speech Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. We warned them. Zia Yusuf warned them. Anyone with a functioning understanding of how corporate compliance works in the face of punitive state regulation warned them. And now here we are. TikTok has removed a video posted by Reform UK’s home-affairs spokesman, Zia Yusuf, in which he set out the party’s new immigration policy.
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