The British government has called on Elon Musk to act responsibly after the tech billionaire used his social media platform X to unleash a barrage of posts that risk inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country.

The British government has called on Elon Musk to act responsibly after the tech billionaire used his social media platform X to unleash a barrage of posts that officials say risk inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country.

Justice Minister Heidi Alexander made the comments Tuesday morning after Musk posted a comment saying that “Civil war is inevitable” in the U.K. Musk later doubled down, highlighting complaints that the British criminal justice system treats Muslims more leniently than far-right activists and comparing Britain’s crackdown on social media users to the Soviet Union.

“Use of language such as a ‘civil war’ is in no way acceptable,’’ Alexander told Times Radio. “We are seeing police officers being seriously injured, buildings set alight, and so I really do think that everyone who has a platform should be exercising their power responsibly.’’

  • Flying Squid
    56•1 month ago

    If he was able to act responsibly, he wouldn’t have ended up having to spend twice Twitter’s value to buy it.

    • @workerONE
      7•1 month ago

      Didn’t he make an offer and then regret it and try to sabotage the deal but Twitter accepted anyway?

    • @adam_yEnglish
      14•1 month ago

      Or just being an absolute wanker.

        • @adam_yEnglish
          4•1 month ago

          Hey, I’d go down if I knew he’d go down with me.

    • OsaErisXero
      8•1 month ago

      Yep. Until the UK issues a warrant for his arrest, this is going to continue

    • @takeda
      11•1 month ago

      At least they didn’t tweet it.

    • @Cuttlefish1111
      7•1 month ago

      It’s almost as if letting someone have virtually unlimited power shouldn’t be allowed.

      • @[email protected]English
        2•1 month ago

        It’s almost as if this is letting someone have virtually unlimited power, because this isn’t opposing him in any serious or significant way.

  • @[email protected]English
    10•1 month ago

    Ah, well, as long as they ask the hyper wealthy openly fascist nicely… 🙄

    Brings a quote to mind:

    "Only one thing could have stopped us – if our adversaries had, from the first day, smashed with the utmost brutality the nucleus of our movement.” - Hitler

    At this point - “calls” such as this are nothing but bare faced mockery of the seriousness of the threat he and those he funds and influences, pose.

  • Optional
    9•1 month ago

    Oh, “UK government”. You sweet summer children.

  • @[email protected]English
    6•1 month ago

    Oh-wait-you’re-serious.gif

    Elon? Act responsibly? These people know who they’re talking to, right?

  • @j4k3English
    5•1 month ago

    Feudal Lord Musk will do as he pleases.

  • @TheBigBrother
    3•1 month ago

    Good luck trying to arrest him, with his amount of money he can perfectly give a flying fuck about it.