UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s administration hit out on the suggestion by the billionaire Elon Musk that Britain is heading for civil battle after every week of riots sparked by the homicide of three women final Monday and the unfold of misinformation in regards to the perpetrator.
Musk on Sunday stated that “civil war is inevitable” on the social media platform X that he owns, in response to a video exhibiting footage of rioting and remarks from one other poster that it was the results of “migration and open borders.”
Civil battle is inevitable
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 4, 2024
“There’s no justification for comments like that,” Starmer’s spokesman, Dave Pares, advised reporters on Monday.
Pares additionally stated that occasions over the weekend — which embrace assaults on a minimum of two lodges housing immigrants — require an “immediate response” from social media corporations, after on-line boards have been used to unfold misinformation and manage anti-immigration protests. He added that “state actors” could have been concerned in “bot activity” used to propagate the posts.
“Anyone who stokes this violence whether on the internet or in person can be prosecuted and face prison,” Pares stated.
