Science secretary confronted over Labour's alleged monitoring of Musk's Twitter pageSource: Sky News
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00:00This is actually what I asked you about. I asked you about Elon Musk.
00:03It is... Is it true that, as reported,
00:07that the Home Office is monitoring Elon Musk's posts
00:12for potential extremist content?
00:14Not that I'm aware of.
00:16And that isn't something that you would approve of?
00:19I'm just not aware of it.
00:20So, my department does not monitor individuals,
00:24but it does monitor the internet itself for trends...
00:27Yes. ..in misinformation
00:28and trends in harmful content.
00:31And that is, as I say, not focused on individuals.
00:34That's not the work that we do,
00:35but we do try and monitor the focus of trends on the internet
00:40and then adjust accordingly.
00:42And, look, with all of what we're seeing,
00:44we have legislation which protects people.
00:47Illegal content on the internet must be taken down.
00:49None of the rights and protections and safety features
00:52that we have now baked into our online activity
00:55are up for negotiation.
00:56You know, so, let's see what unfolds.
00:59None of those things are ever going to be diminished
01:01by this government.
01:02We want to make sure we move forward
01:05with an online experience where people feel safe
01:08so they can fully explore all of the potential
01:09of online activity these days.