UK tech minister Peter Kyle criticized Elon Musk, saying he is "one person who is accountable to no one" due to his ownership of Twitter and influence over public discourse. Kyle's comments come after Musk suggested on Twitter that immigration could lead to civil war in the UK amid ongoing riots in the country. Other UK government officials also criticized Musk's comments, saying there is no justification for language associating the riots with civil war. Kyle has held conversations with social media companies like Meta, Google, and Twitter to remind them of their responsibilities around misinformation related to the riots. The UK passed an Online Safety Act to crack down on harmful content but regulators can't yet take action on Musk's tweets due to the law not being fully implemented.
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00:02U.K. Tech Minister Peter Kyle criticized Elon Musk, saying he is one person who is accountable
00:07to no one due to his ownership of Twitter and influence over public discourse.
00:12Kyle's comments come after Musk suggested on Twitter that immigration could lead to
00:15civil war in the U.K. amid ongoing riots in the country.
00:20Other U.K. government officials also criticized Musk's comments, saying there is no justification
00:24for language associating the riots with civil war.
00:27Kyle has held conversations with social media companies like Meta, Google, and Twitter to
00:32remind them of their responsibilities around misinformation related to the riots.
00:36The U.K. passed an online safety act to crack down on harmful content, but regulators can't
00:41yet take action on Musk's tweets due to the law not being fully implemented.
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