Comment on Labour MPs begin quitting X over ‘hate and disinformation’
flamingos@feddit.uk 5 weeks agoThere was/is a wave of far-right riots happening in the UK, which involved a lot lotting and attacks on Muslims. This was triggered by a stabbing in Southport and a lie that spread on social media claiming that the perpetrator was a Muslim migrant that came to the UK on a ‘small boat’ crossing the channel (he was actually born and grew up in Cardiff). Musk may be liable because during the riots he made several posts undermining the government’s attempts to quell the unrest and his general failure to tackle disinformation spreading on Twitter, such as the Muslim migrant lie.
CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Fair point. I thought you were implying the opposite. I misread your initial point.
timewarp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Arresting people for things they say even when they aren’t threats is anti-free speech and the UK and many European countries do not allow free speech. You can be arrested for even saying Israelis genociding Palestinians are Nazis.
CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
No you cannot. Assuming you’re not from the UK.
Stirring up racial hatred and geeing people up to burn down hotels holding refugees is not free speech.
timewarp@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I specifically said things that aren’t threats. Just because you don’t like what they say doesn’t mean that it isn’t free speech.