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Dennis Donovan

(28,042 posts)
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 01:06 PM Aug 2024

Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief



The Guardian
Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief


Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief

Bruce Daisley calls for ‘beefed-up’ online safety laws and compares tech billionaires to unaccountable oligarchs

As an ex-Twitter boss, I have a way to grab Elon Musk’s attention. If he keeps stirring unrest, get an arrest warrant


Elon Musk should face “personal sanctions” and even the threat of an “arrest warrant” if found to be stirring up public disorder on his social media platform, a former Twitter executive has said.

It cannot be right that the billionaire owner of X, and other tech executives, be allowed to sow discord without personal risks, Bruce Daisley, formerly Twitter’s vice-president for Europe, Middle East and Africa, writes in the Guardian.

He said the prime minister, Keir Starmer, should “beef up” online safety laws and reflect on whether the media regulator, Ofcom, “is fit to deal with the blurringly fast actions of the likes of Musk”.

“In my experience, that threat of personal sanction is much more effective on executives than the risk of corporate fines,” Daisley writes, arguing such sanctions could impact the jet-setting lifestyles of tech billionaires.

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Elon Musk should face arrest if he incited UK rioters, says ex-Twitter chief (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Aug 2024 OP
As a liberal, I don't believe in speech codes BUT BrianTheEVGuy Aug 2024 #1
UK has been arresting and convicting moondust Aug 2024 #2

BrianTheEVGuy

(574 posts)
1. As a liberal, I don't believe in speech codes BUT
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 01:29 PM
Aug 2024

Elon needs to follow the law of places where he chooses to do business. If he cannot follow British law, he should shut down and pull out of the market. If not, he is inviting prosecution for his hate speech under the laws there.

moondust

(20,577 posts)
2. UK has been arresting and convicting
Mon Aug 12, 2024, 01:41 PM
Aug 2024

some social media inciters.

First men jailed for riot-related social media posts

Jordan Parlour was sentenced to 20 months in jail for urging people to target a hotel housing asylum seekers and refugees. Shortly after, Tyler Kay was also jailed for his own posts calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set alight.
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