UK disorder - what is Elon Musk's plan?
Disinformation Correspondent, Marianna Spring, says this is increasingly a story about how the owner of X is himself choosing to wade in, overtly, to opine on unrest in the UK.
The Prime Minister became embroiled in a war of words with Elon Musk, after the tech billionaire suggested that "civil war is inevitable" following violent unrest in the UK. The owner of X, formerly Twitter, posted the remarks on the platform in response to a video showing people aiming fireworks at police. The prime minister's spokesperson said there was "no justification" for Mr Musk's comments, adding there was more that social media companies "can and should be doing". So what's this all about - what is Elon Musk's game plan? In our latest Reporter Read podcast, the 麻豆社's disinformation and social media correspondent, Marianna Spring, considers why he's chosen to voice opinions on such a sensitive issue in British life.
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