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[text/qi qian, observer network] after musk started a scolding war with brazil and australia, he began to "bombard" the british government again.

“i don’t think anyone should go to the uk because they release convicted pedophiles and put people in jail for posting on social media.” on september 26, musk posted on the social media x platform wrote.

screenshot of musk's tweet criticizing the british government

according to reuters and the british broadcasting corporation (bbc), musk was referring to the british government’s announcement in early september that it would release thousands of prisoners early in order to alleviate prison congestion. but the bbc also countered that the prisoners released early did not include those serving time for sexual crimes.

musk made the above remarks in response to a previous bbc report. the report stated that musk was not invited to participate in the upcoming international investment summit hosted by the british government on october 14. sources revealed that musk was not invited because he posted some conspiracy theories during the riots in the uk last month.

at that time, anti-immigration and anti-muslim violent demonstrations affected many places in the uk. the british government decided to crack down on "hate speech" on the internet and arrested a large number of "keyboard warriors" who incited riots. this move was criticized by a large number of people on the x platform, led by musk. musk published and retweeted a large number of posts on the x platform, spreading conspiracy theories, personally attacking starmer, and even once threatened that "british civil war is inevitable."

according to the bbc, the international investment summit is considered a key initiative by british prime minister starmer after taking office. he hopes to use it to attract tens of billions of pounds of business funds from the world's largest investors. as the budget is about to be released, the labor government sees it as a major opportunity to attract foreign investment and promote british economic development. starmer promised before the election that the event would be held within 100 days of taking office.

bbc analysis believes that the starmer government's decision not to invite musk to participate in the meeting shows that they believe that potential investment from musk is not worth the reputational risk. people familiar with the matter said privately that inviting musk to the summit was unthinkable given his comments about britain last month.

david yelland, a british public relations expert and former editor of the sun, bluntly said that if musk attends the summit, "it will be a reputational disaster for the entire summit." he said: "musk is a self-proclaimed 'fan of free speech,' but he behaves like a child, often making wildly inaccurate and damaging comments... just because he is rich, just because he is rich influence. there comes a time when we must stand up against him, no matter the consequences."

in november last year, musk and former british prime minister sunak had a good chat at the ai ​​summit. bbc

not only the united kingdom, but also brazil and australia have recently clashed with musk over the issue of false information control.

earlier this year, justice de morais of the brazilian supreme court asked platform x to ban accounts that spread false information, but was rejected. since april, x platform has been investigated by the brazilian judicial department for allegedly spreading defamatory fake news, and was blocked in brazil on august 29. during this period, musk had been tit-for-tat with brazil, but he began to compromise after the war affected starlink.

on september 2, local time, brazilian president lula responded to this matter: "the brazilian judiciary may have sent an important signal that the world has no obligation to tolerate musk's far-right ideology just because he has money." lula it was emphasized that de moraes' decision to suspend the x platform can set an example for other countries that are also suffering from fake news and businessmen's "political interference and political radicalism."

on the 12th local time, australia announced that it would impose a huge fine of up to 5% of its global revenue on "social media platforms that fail to prevent the spread of false information." the move angered musk. he retweeted the news and responded with one word: "fascist."

agence france-presse believes that musk's fierce attack may reignite the long-standing dispute between him and the australian government. earlier this year, australia's internet regulator took platform x to court, accusing the platform of failing to remove an "extremely violent" video of a religious leader being stabbed. but after musk prevailed at a preliminary hearing, the agency dropped the lawsuit. musk celebrated this as a "victory for free speech."

according to reports, the x platform has canceled most of its content review since it was acquired by musk in 2022. julie inman grant, a former twitter employee and cybersecurity commissioner, told afp that "viciousness and hate" began to increase on the platform after musk's acquisition.