X owner deletes post sharing faked Telegraph article that claimed convicted rioters would be sent to detention camps

Elon Musk shared a fake Telegraph article claiming Keir Starmer was considering sending far-right rioters to “emergency detainment camps” in the Falklands.

Musk deleted his post after about 30 minutes but a screenshot captured by Politics.co.uk suggests it had garnered nearly two million views before it was deleted.

In it, Musk shared the image posted by the co-leader of the far-right group Britain First, Ashlea Simon, which she captioned with, “we’re all being deported to the Falklands”.

  • xmunkEnglish
    91·
    4 months ago

    The earth should really start just domain blocking X. Nothing of value ever happens there.

    • dactylotheca@suppo.fiEnglish
      22·
      4 months ago

      Where we should really start is yeeting Musk and his supporters out of the fucking solar system (shooting them into the sun would be a waste of perfectly good delta-v)

      • Thrillhouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        He could pay to go there. He’s all horny for space anyway. So go. Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.

      • satanmat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        32·
        4 months ago

        So many points 🤣🤣🤣🤣 for knowing delta-v

        On the other hand… do you want them getting out there to infect the rest of the galaxy?

        • dactylotheca@suppo.fiEnglish
          1·
          4 months ago

          On the other hand… do you want them getting out there to infect the rest of the galaxy?

          Who said anything about giving them supplies?

          I’m sure the free market will solve this! (yes, /s)

          • satanmat@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            4 months ago

            In 3001 (sequel to 2001) they were able to revive Frank Poole. And in three body problem they thought they could revive just his head — I’m NOT taking any chances!!

            🤣🤣🤣

    • takeda@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      4 months ago

      In old days we would have admins block sites on their networks. I guess this time everyone looks up to the government to do it

      • xmunkEnglish
        8·
        4 months ago

        The issue is that reasonable people become irrational with anonymity and the culture Musk has built up on X feeds right into that. I think X is a social danger that people are unable to safely consume without being extremized.

      • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        You can do it on your own machine, but an ISP doing it would violate the now reinstated Net Neutrality rules.