Abgeordnete laden Elon Musk vor, um über die Rolle von X bei den Sommerunruhen in Großbritannien auszusagen

MPs are to summon Elon Musk to testify about X’s role in spreading disinformation, in a parliamentary inquiry into the UK riots and the rise of false and harmful AI content, the Guardian has learned.

Senior executives from Meta, which runs Facebook and Instagram, and TikTok are also expected to be called for questioning as part of a Commons science and technology select committee social media inquiry.

The first hearings will take place in the new year, amid rising concern that UK online safety laws risk being outpaced by rapidly advancing technology and the politicisation of platforms such as X.

The MPs will investigate the consequences of generative AI, which was used in widely shared images posted on Facebook and X inciting people to join Islamophobic protests after the killing of three schoolgirls in Southport in August. They will also investigate Silicon Valley business models that “encourage the spread of content that can mislead and harm”.

The first hearings will take place in the new year, amid rising concern that UK online safety laws risk being outpaced by rapidly advancing technology and the politicisation of platforms such as X.

The MPs will investigate the consequences of generative AI, which was used in widely shared images posted on Facebook and X inciting people to join Islamophobic protests after the killing of three schoolgirls in Southport in August. They will also investigate Silicon Valley business models that “encourage the spread of content that can mislead and harm”.

“[Musk] has very strong views on multiple aspects of this,” said Chi Onwurah, the Labour chair of the select committee. “I would certainly like the opportunity to cross-examine him to see … how he reconciles his promotion of freedom of expression with his promotion of pure disinformation.”

Musk, the owner of X, fumed when he was not invited to a UK government international investment summit in September. Onwurah told the Guardian: “I’d like to make up for that by inviting him to attend.”

Social media is an absolute cesspool, but it’s not X/Elon’s fault morons use it to spread BS, though he can for sure be blamed for allowing it to spread

Fine. Now when are they summoning all the politicians, civil servants and NGO leaders whose imposition of an open-door migration policy and refusal to police our borders created the underlying issues that caused this summer’s unrest?

I hope the MPs conducting the hearing are well prepared. Musk is a loose cannon who doesn’t give a shit. Could easily go how it did for the US when they summoned Galloway.

Whats with the comments here? Sometimes this sub is unhinged

This could turn out bad for the government, he’s more than likely to give them some truths that they might not want to hear.

I am sure he is already practising tugging at his forelocks

Hopefully he uses the platform to tear the MPs a new one

Go after the rioters.
Go after the people making FB posts.
Go after Elon Musk.

Do anything but acknowledge the genuine concerns a lot of people have seems to be their strategy.

Southport didn’t happen in a vacuum, it’s not normal for one incident to incite riots across the country. People remember 7/7, Ariana Grande, London Bridge, Reading, Lee Rigby, Sir David Amess, and it’s not a stretch to say this attack looked like it had similar fingerprints all over it.

Why not investigate role of quran in inciting violence towards disbelievers?

Pointless to appear when the Labour chair of the committee has already made her mind up before hearing anything. It isn’t Musk’s fault that UK policies have created a tinderbox on the issue of immigration, which is easily lit by people talking freely online. 

You mean include questions to him about people claiming it was an Islamic terrorist attack? Which is appears it was now the evidence is coming out.

They won’t do it because a few more truths will come out and that’ll just stoke the fire a bit more