Musk's 'civil war' post is 'deeply irresponsible'

ELON Musk’s post on his social media platform that ‘civil war is inevitable’ as rioting in the UK continues is ‘deeply irresponsible’, justice minister Heidi Alexander said.

Mr Musk, the head of X, formerly Twitter, has faced a backlash to his comments as social media sites have also been criticised for not doing enough to tackle the spread of disinformation.

Ms Alexander told Times Radio: “If you have got a platform, a large social media platform, then you have also got a responsibility.”

She said it was ‘deeply irresponsible’ and that ‘everyone should be appealing for calm’.

“Use of language such as a ‘civil war’ is in no way acceptable.