Elon Musk slammed by minister for 'deeply irresponsible' remarks about riots in Britain

  • 2 months ago
Elon Musk slammed by minister for 'deeply irresponsible' remarks about riots in Britain
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00:00I think at the moment, as I have said, everyone should be calling for calm.
00:07He does have a responsibility, given this huge platform that he has, and so to be honest
00:13I think his comments are pretty deplorable.
00:16And what response would the government have when it comes to that?
00:20If the man who owns this platform on which so much of this misinformation is being spread,
00:25some of this incitement to violence is being spread, if he suggests the UK is heading towards
00:29civil war, what can the government do about that?
00:32Well, look, we're going to be having to review the wider legislative framework around the
00:39Online Safety Act.
00:40I know that the Science and Technology Secretary of State, Peter Kyle, is in discussions and
00:47his officials and my officials will be in discussions with social media platforms.
00:52I'm not pretending this is easy.
00:55Technology evolves almost by the day, doesn't it?
00:57And so we will have to make sure that our wider legislative framework is updated.
01:01This isn't a new problem though, is it?

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