UK govt calls on Elon Musk to act responsibly amid provocative posts

The British government has called on Elon Musk to act responsibly after the tech billionaire used his social media platform X to unleash a barrage of posts that officials say risk inflaming the violent unrest gripping the country.

Justice Minister Heidi Alexander made the comments on Tuesday morning after Musk posted a comment saying that Civil war is inevitable in the UK.

Musk later doubled down, highlighting complaints that the British criminal justice system treats Muslims more leniently than far-right activists and comparing Britain's crackdown on social media users to the Soviet Union.

Use of language such as a civil war' is in no way acceptable,' Alexander told Times Radio. We are seeing police officers being seriously injured, buildings set alight, and so I really do think that everyone who has a platform should be exercising their power responsibly.'

Britain has been shaken by violence for more than a week, as police clashed with crowds spouting anti-immigrant and Islamopho