{"id":6670,"date":"2024-08-12T04:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T04:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=6670"},"modified":"2024-08-12T04:38:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-12T04:38:06","slug":"scotlands-ex-first-minister-calls-elon-musk-as-one-of-the-most-dangerous-men-on-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=6670","title":{"rendered":"Scotland\u2019s ex-first minister calls Elon Musk \u2018one of the most dangerous men on the planet\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Yousaf has issued a warning to tech billionaire Elon Musk after he called the ex-first minister a \u201csuper, super racist\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking before a crowd at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Humza Yousaf recently said the owner of X \u2013 formerly Twitter \u2013 used his wealth \u201cfor some of the most wicked evil I\u2019ve seen\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yousaf has issued a warning to tech billionaire Elon Musk after he called the ex-first minister a \u201csuper, super racist\u201d. X owner Musk used his own social media site to brand the Glasgow-born politician a bigot for a speech Yousaf made in the Scottish Parliament about racial injustice and lack of diversity. The Tesla boss, who is facing accusations of stoking far-right violence on Britain\u2019s streets by suggesting civil war was \u201cinevitable\u201d, told his 193 million followers the SNP MSP \u201cloathes white people\u201d. The Sunday Mail understands Yousaf has not ruled out legal action and is \u201cconsidering all options\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His lawyer Aamer Anwar said: \u201cAnybody who goes on social media, even if they own the platform and thinks that free speech is absolute whether in the UK or USA, needs to think again. Free speech carries responsibility and if you break the law there are consequences, as we have seen in recent days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cElon Musk has effectively painted a target on Humza Yousaf\u2019s back with his completely unacceptable, untrue and inflammatory comments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The comments come as Musk deleted a repost on the website on Thursday where he promoted a false claim about detainment camps being set up in the Falkland Islands for those involved in violent riots in the past week, reported international media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world\u2019s richest man has repeatedly weighed in on the disorder seen in the UK in the wake of the murders of three young girls in Southport, including dubbing the prime minister \u201ctwo-tier Keir\u201d and suggesting \u201ccivil war is inevitable\u201d in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking about Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, the former first minister described he and Musk as \u201cbosom buddies\u201d, going on to say of the X owner: \u201cI have to say, in my opinion, he is one of the most dangerous men on the planet. He is accountable to nobody, he has vast wealth at his fingertips and he uses it for some of the most wicked evil I\u2019ve seen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking at another event with broadcaster Matthew Stadlen, Yousaf added: \u201cHe is not an idiot \u2013 Elon Musk is very smart, very tech-savvy.\u201d Musk could research the claims he amplifies on social media, the former first minister said, but he chooses not to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yousaf pointed to the since-deleted repost of a faked headline purporting to be from the Daily Telegraph claiming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was planning detention camps in the Falkland Islands for rioters. The prime minister, he said, has an opportunity to seek to regulate social media companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yousaf, who was appearing at Iain Dale\u2019s All Talk show at the Edinburgh Fringe, said the tech billionaire had \u201camplified\u201d white supremacists and \u201cfar-right neo-Nazi conspiracy theories\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo he\u2019s amplified these white supremacists, these far-right neo-Nazi conspiracy theories, and has almost called for civil war in Europe. He does it with a question mark, with emojis, and tries to make it as though it\u2019s an innocent question. He is using his wealth to amplify the far-right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yousaf said: \u201cElon Musk, again, is not an idiot. He\u2019s a smart individual who can easily use a search engine to see whether that headline is true. He didn\u2019t. He chose to amplify that to his 190 million followers. He\u2019s as I say, I think one of the most dangerous men on the planet particularly because he\u2019s so unaccountable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, the former SNP leader spoke candidly about his difficult time as first minister, and his disastrous decision to end the power-sharing deal between the SNP and the Greens, which led to his downfall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yousaf also told the event, which was relatively poorly attended, that the pressures of the job led to \u201cheated arguments\u201d with his wife, Nadia El-Nakla, about not spending enough time with his children. He said she told him: \u201cYou\u2019re away for three days and then you\u2019re coming back and you want to go away for a fourth night or a fifth night? That\u2019s not acceptable. Get your backside back home and make sure you see the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview with the Sunday Mail the day before Musk\u2019s post, Yousaf accused the South African-born tycoon of repeatedly amplifying the views of racists. He said: \u201cIt is probably the first case of someone being radicalized by himself on his own platform. Musk uses his billions and his intellect to amplify hateful ideology and cause division. He is promoting white supremacists by engaging and indulging in their conspiracy theories. These are people sitting in their mothers\u2019 basements in their Y-fronts eating spaghetti hoops out of a can, then Musk amplifies their nonsense to his 193 million followers. That then spreads like wildfire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yousaf, born in Rutherglen, is the son of parents who immigrated from Pakistan. He has urged people in Scotland to demonstrate peacefully against racism and bigotry. He launched a scathing attack on Tommy Robinson who has been accused of instigating riots in England that have seen attempts to burn immigrants alive in hotels, cars overturned in the street and mobs attacking police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yousaf said: \u201cTommy Robinson is a hate preacher and should be treated the way other hate preachers are. He is a convicted criminal and before Musk provided him with a platform his reach was dwindling. I feel sorry for his followers, he is taking them for fools. Glasgow has a very strong tradition of opposing racism. I support anybody who wants to peacefully stand up and say this city is our city.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yousaf, however, said he did not believe X should be shut down in the UK. The former first minister\u2019s comments come as his successor urged social media companies to tackle \u201cdangerous\u201d disinformation on their platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland\u2019s Good Morning Scotland program, First Minister John Swinney said: \u201cI think the social media companies have got a lot of improvement to undertake in their conduct. I was very struck by the communication of Ofcom yesterday, reminding social media companies of their obligation to remove material that incites hatred or violence. I don\u2019t think that\u2019s been the case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He pointed to rumours surrounding a stabbing in Stirling which reported three women had been attacked by a Muslim man, forcing Police Scotland to take the rare step of announcing the man arrested was white and from the local area, while only one woman was injured. The case was promoted on social media by English Defence League (EDL) founder Tommy Robinson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar also said social media companies were not yet fulfilling their duty to prevent the spread of hatred. It comes after he joined other Holyrood party leaders at Bute House to be briefed on the situation by Swinney on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musk has posted several images and memes stoking division around the anti-immigration protests and disorder in Britain, as well as recently reposting an image of a fake news headline about the UK\u2019s response to riots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musk and Ms Simon have since both deleted their posts, but not before Musk\u2019s post was seen by hundreds of thousands of his followers \u2013 of which he has 193 million \u2013 and other users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musk has been heavily criticized in recent days for several posts about the disorder in the wake of the Southport stabbings and was called \u201cdeeply irresponsible\u201d by Justice Secretary Heidi Alexander for posting that \u201ccivil war is inevitable\u201d in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both X and Musk have come under increased scrutiny since the businessman took over the site in late 2022, with the billionaire himself engaging with misleading content and accounts known for spreading misinformation on several occasions. He recently reposted a misleading video of US Vice President Kamala Harris that had been manipulated by AI and has previously engaged with accounts known to have spread misinformation on several topics, including COVID-19 and vaccine safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His approach to running the platform has been heavily criticized after he substantially cut staff numbers and changed the site\u2019s verification and content moderation systems, saying he wanted to allow \u201cabsolutely free speech\u201d. Under Musk\u2019s leadership, the company has also restored the accounts of many figures previously banned for breaking site rules around hate speech, including some from the UK such as Tommy Robinson \u2013 real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon \u2013 and Katie Hopkins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, many users claim to have seen an increase in misinformation and hateful content, as well as pornography and spam posts and accounts, despite Musk claiming he would \u201cdefeat the bots\u201d after taking over the company. Musk\u2019s actions have led to calls for harsher punishments to be leveled at social media platforms and their managers for allowing harmful content to spread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UK\u2019s Online Safety Act, which passed into law last year but is yet to be enacted fully, could see the biggest platforms facing billions of pounds in fines if they do not comply with the new rules, with criminal liability for named managers a possibility in some instances, as is the potential for sites to have their access limited in the most severe cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As race riots took place in English towns last week Met police chief Mark Rowley warned \u201ckeyboard warriors\u201d offences of incitement and stirring up racial hatred will be prosecuted, with several people already handed jail terms. Musk, 53, who controls Tesla and SpaceX and is estimated to be worth \u00a3200billion, has also attacked Keir Starmer and UK immigration policy. His championing of far-right politics and sharing of controversial, often false, material on X has seen advertisers abandon the platform. He also declared support for the Republicans in the US presidential race and will interview Donald Trump on X on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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