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Turns out, even the owners of social networks aren\u2019t immune from misinformation that can be propagated on the site. Case in point: Elon Musk and X<\/a>.<\/p>\n On Thursday, Elon Musk retweeted a fake headline from The Telegraph<\/em> claiming British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was considering building \u201cemergency detainment camps\u201d on the Falkland Islands to hold prisoners from the wave of riots sweeping the country fuelled by anti-immigration sentiment<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Elon Musk has apparently deleted a post sharing an article ‘screenshot’ purporting to be a Telegraph article headlined: “Keir Starmer considering building ’emergency detainment camps’ on the Falkland Islands.” The Telegraph says “no such article” has ever been published by it. https:\/\/t.co\/V63ZfU9De3<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Press Gazette (@pressgazette) August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Musk, who initially commented \u201c\u2018detainment camps\u2019\u2026\u201d under the headline, deleted the post less than an hour after publishing it, but not before it was viewed by nearly two million users on the platform, according to screenshots by a journalist in the UK.\u00a0<\/p>\n Just Elon Musk quote tweeting the co-leader of far-right party, Britain First, who is sharing a fake Telegraph headline <\/p>\n Seen by almost 1 million people in 15 minutes<\/p>\n Utterly dystopian pic.twitter.com\/4W5ZOssbEY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Josh Self (@Josh_Self_) August 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The initial post Musk retweeted came from Ashlea Simon, chair of the UK\u2019s far-right political party Britain First, which has made headlines for protesting outside the hotel rooms of asylum seekers<\/a>. Simons, too, has since deleted the fake Telegraph<\/em> headline.<\/p>\n Musk had already entangled himself in Britain\u2019s domestic political crisis<\/a>. On Aug. 4, he shared another post showing video footage of the riots brought on by the killing of three children in Northern England. False rumors circulated by far-right groups claimed the attacker was a Muslim asylum seeker.\u00a0<\/p>\n Civil war is inevitable<\/p>\n \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n The post Musk retweeted claims the chaos in the video is \u201cthe effects of mass migration and open borders,\u201d and Musk commented that \u201cCivil war is inevitable,\u201d which prompted condemnation from the prime minister\u2019s office.\u00a0<\/p>\n In the U.S., Musk has also garnered criticism for posts shared on X relating to the current presidential election, often on matters of immigration as well. According to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit watchdog group based in London and D.C., Musk has \u201cposted false or misleading claims about the Democrats \u2018importing voters\u2019 on 42 occasions, amassing 747 million views.\u201d\n\n
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\u201cThe lack of Community Notes on these posts shows that his business is failing woefully to contain the kind of algorithmically-boosted incitement that we all know can lead to real-world violence,\u201d the centers CEO Imran Ahmed said in a recent press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nRecommended Newsletter:<\/strong> The Fortune Next to Lead newsletter is a must-read for the next generation of C-suite leaders. Every Monday, the newsletter provides the strategies, resources, and expert insight needed to claim the most coveted positions in business. Subscribe now<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n