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British Technology Secretary Elon Musk is “a man who is accountable to no one” and his influence on public discourse cannot be underestimated In an interview with The Times, he saidadding to recent criticism of the tech billionaire from top government officials.
U.S. Secretary of Science, Innovation and Technology Peter Kyl said Musk has the ability to influence major world events – even a war between Russia and Ukraine.
Kyle added that the UK’s relationship with companies like X and other major social media companies “is more akin to negotiations with secretaries of state in other countries simply because of their size and scope.”
His comments are as follows controversial remarks Musk’s information on British affairs. The entrepreneur owns the X social media site and is the CEO of an electric car manufacturer TeslaIn a post on his platform on Sunday, he suggested immigration would lead to a civil war in Britain amid unrest across the country.
Kyl is not the only government official to criticize Musk. On Monday, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the comments by X’s owner and executive chairman “make no sense”.
Meanwhile, UK Courts Minister Heidi Alexander said on Tuesday in response to Musk’s comments that anyone with a platform on social media should “act responsibly” on that platform, linking the riots to the civil war. The language “makes absolutely no sense”.
Kyle talks to social media companies like Facebook parent company TikTok YuanGoogle and X were linked to the riots, reminding them of their responsibility to address misinformation on the web.
The UK passed it last year Cyber ​​Security LawThis is a landmark law aimed at increasing enforcement against illegal and harmful content online.
However, Ofcom, the regulator responsible for enforcing the law, is unable to take action against companies that allow harmful posts that incite ongoing unrest because the full powers of the act have not yet come into force.
Ofcom told CNBC it is moving quickly to implement the bill as soon as possible, but new duties on tech companies, requiring them to actively regulate their platforms under the law, will not fully come into effect until 2025.
For more on Kail’s comments to Musk, you can read the original report from The Times here.
