Elon Musk has escalated his dispute with the United Kingdom by calling the Prime Minister “two-tier Keir” and questioning whether the country was “Britain or the Soviet Union” in response to a man who was reportedly detained for comments made on Facebook.
When it comes to the riots that are sweeping the United Kingdom, the billionaire owner of X has been engaged in a verbal battle with Sir Keir Starmer. This comes amid fears that online disinformation is contributing to the turmoil.
In his most recent reprimand, Musk shared a video that appeared to show law enforcement agents arresting a man for making abusive comments on Facebook.
His statement was as follows: “Arrested for making comments on Facebook!
Is this the United Kingdom or the Soviet Union here? Do you believe this to be true, @Community Notes?
The fact-checking resource that is X’s own is called Community Notes.
A law enforcement officer is shown in the video delivering the news to the individual that he is going to be arrested on suspicion of making inappropriate use of the electronic communications network.
Sending a message that is “grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene, or menacing character” is one example of what is included in this category. The maximum sentence for this offense is six months in jail, and the fine is also a possibility.
Musk posed the question “why aren’t all communities protected in Britain?” in a second tweet that he sent out on Tuesday afternoon. This message was directed specifically at Sir Keir.
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The statement was made in reaction to a video that appeared to show large groups of individuals wearing masks gathering outside of a pub, with some of them waving the flag of Palestine.
A similar remark was made by Musk against the Prime Minister on Monday, following Sir Keir’s statement that he would not tolerate attacks on Muslim communities.
During the past week, anger has been directed toward a number of locations across the United Kingdom, including mosques and hotels that house asylum seekers.
In another post, Musk made a reference to “two-tier policing” by using the hashtag #twotierKeir instead of the original phrase. This assertion is frequently used by those on the extreme right in order to imply that the police have a different approach to dealing with particular categories of individuals.
The notion that this is a problem in the United Kingdom has been refuted by a number of senior politicians, including Sir Keir and Dame Priti Patel, who is a candidate for the leadership of the Conservative Party.
In the past, Musk has made statements that can be characterized as “civil war is inevitable” in the United Kingdom. These statements have been criticized by Downing Street and by Heidi Alexander, who is the minister of justice.
In an earlier interview with Sky News, Ms. Alexander stated that “everyone ought to be calling for calm in this situation.”
“So I do think the language around civil war being inevitable is totally unjustified,” according to her statement.
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TIn the wake of the fatal stabbings of three girls in the town of Southport, which is located on the Merseyside region, the riots started on Tuesday and have since extended to other towns and cities across the United Kingdom.”
As a result of the dispute with Musk, the government’s efforts to convince social media companies to take greater responsibility for removing bad content from the internet, which is believed to be fanning some of the violence, could be brought into question.
Axel Rudakubana, who was 17 years old at the time of his detention, was a Muslim immigrant who had landed in the United Kingdom via a tiny boat, according to erroneous information that was posted on the internet.
Before relocating to a community close to Southport, Rudakubana was born in Cardiff to parents who were originally from Rwanda.
When it comes to inciting violence, whether it be offline or online, Sir Keir has made it abundantly plain that those who do so “will face the full force of the law.”
Neil Basu, a former head of police, has stated that the most severe actions of far-right violence ought to be regarded as acts of terrorism.