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?