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Elon Musk’s X drove lies right through a UK loophole
Even with an ambitious law, Britain cannot do much to get social media platforms to stem the toxic content that helped fuel riots.
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A demonstration by far-right activists in Weymouth, England, on Aug 4.
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Parmy Olson
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With Britain struggling to put down far-right rioters, tech billionaire Elon Musk is only fanning the flames. Days after Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned social media firms over online misinformation that fuelled the unrest,
In fact, evidence suggests that falsehoods amplified on Mr Musk’s platform, X (formerly Twitter) , have fuelled the unrest
