'Deplorable': Minister slams Musk's civil war comments[size=0.8125rem]published at 08:31
IMAGE SOURCE,[/size]REUTERSWe earlier brought you some lines from Justice Minister Heidi Alexander's interview with the Today programme - since then she's spoken to our colleagues on BBC Breakfast.
Asked about Elon Musk's suggestion that civil war is inevitable in the UK, she says "everyone should be calling for calm" - and that Musk in particular "has a responsibility given the huge platform he has, and so, to be honest, I think his comments are pretty deplorable".
Musk made the remarks on X, formerly Twitter, which he owns.
Social media companies have a "moral responsibility" to help clamp down on misinformation, Alexander says, a day after Prime Minister Keir Starmer said criminal law must apply online as well as offline.[size=inherit]For context: [/size]In the aftermath of the Southport attack, [size=inherit]
false claims were made online[/size] that the suspect was a refugee who arrived in the UK by boat in 2023 - and there was unfounded speculation he was Muslim. Merseyside Police later confirmed that the 17-year-old they had arrested was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, and that they were not investigating the attack as terror-related.
This Elon Muck seems to have a lot of influence, is he a muckspreader or just a harmless stirrer?
