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Social media and the riots: Musk, misinformation and moral responsibility.
Elon Musk has repeatedly attacked Sir Keir Starmer on his platform ‘X’ this week over the handling of riots in England and Northern Ireland.
The disorder follows the fatal stabbing last week of three young girls in Southport and has been fuelled by misinformation online, the far-right and anti-immigration sentiment.
This week Amol looks at whether social media companies should be forced to go further in stopping the spread of misinformation online.
He is joined by David Wilding, a former director of Twitter UK who resigned when Musk took over, and former Facebook trust & safety manager…
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