Elon Musk and Keir Starmer argue about X over “British Civil War”

Elon Musk, the American billionaire owner of the social network platform

In a comment on his social media post about the violence, Elon Musk said: “Civil war is inevitable” – a comment flatly rejected by the prime minister’s official spokesman, who said there was “no reason for it”. for him.

Elon Musk then responded to a post by Keir Starmer on the X website, questioning the British Prime Minister’s decision to give mosques extra protection.

The Telegraph said the series threatens government efforts to push social media companies, including X, to be more proactive in removing what is believed to be false information. is encouraging the riots.

This came on the seventh day of unrest, as far-right and anti-racism demonstrators clashed in Plymouth. Police were largely successful in separating the two groups, but the Devon and Cornwall force said officers encountered “continued violence” with rocks and fireworks, and three officers were injured.

The government accused social media companies of fueling the protests, which were fueled by false claims spread online that the suspect in the killing of three Southport girls was an asylum seeker .

For his part, Elon Musk mentioned the X website more than a dozen times in the past few days about the riots in the United Kingdom. In one post, he responded to footage purportedly from the UK which showed rioters, some of them masked, setting off fireworks during the clashes. “Civil war is inevitable,” he replied.

Later, Musk responded to a message shared by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s official account saying, “We do not condone attacks on mosques or Muslim communities.” -every community?” he wrote in response.

The exchange appeared to be a response to Starmer’s announcement on Sunday that mosques at risk of being targeted would be given extra security, and Downing Street condemned the idea as “a civil war ” at Musk. The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said on Monday: “There is no justification for such attitudes, and what we have seen in this country are organized acts of thuggery that have no place on our streets or on the internet. web.