The billionaire owner of X, Elon Musk has questioned “is this Britain or the Soviet Union” after a man was arrested for commenting on Facebook.
Musk retweeted a video which shows police arresting a man as he is accused of making offensive comments on Facebook.
Musk wrote, “Arrested for making comments on Facebook!
“Is this Britain or the Soviet Union? Is this accurate @Community Notes.”
British Police: You've Made Some "Offensive" Comments on Facebook, and We're Here to Arrest You
After 3 young girls were brutally murdered, speech is the crime that police focus on.
This type of sh*t is why Elon Musk believes, "Civil war is inevitable."
pic.twitter.com/WERQw79haJ— The Vigilant Fox 🦊 (@VigilantFox) August 6, 2024
The man was arrested on suspicion of the electronics communications network for making offensive comments.
A person can be arrested for sending any message in the UK which is “grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character,” with a fine or six month jail term.
Is this accurate @CommunityNotes? https://t.co/NDFgQ301Ht
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 6, 2024
Musk has been in embroiled in a war of words with Sir Keir Starmer and even said that “civil war is inevitable” in the UK.
The Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s official spokesman said on Monday in response that there was “no justification for comments like that.”
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s official spokesman said on Monday that there was “no justification for comments like that.”
“We’re talking about a minority of thugs who don’t speak for Britain,” he added.
Starmer said, “This is not protest, it is pure violence.
“We will have a standing army of public duty officers.
“We will ramp up criminal justice.
“We will apply criminal law online as well as offline.
“We will not tolerate attacks on mosques or on Muslim communities.”
Musk responded, “Shouldn’t you be concerned about attacks on *all* communities?”
The justice minister Heidi Alexander told Sky News that “everyone should be calling for calm in this situation.£
“So I do think the language around civil war being inevitable is totally unjustified,” she added.
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