Elon Musk reposted a fake story shared by a far-right party about detention camps being built in the UK, then deleted it within 30 minutes



Elon Musk,

who posted on social media that 'civil war is inevitable' in response to the riots in the UK, has now reposted a post saying that 'containment camps will be built in the UK.' However, this news was false information spread by a far-right political party, and Musk deleted the repost 30 minutes later.

Elon Musk tweeted this far-right fake news post on X — and then deleted it | Mashable
https://mashable.com/article/elon-musk-shares-deletes-fake-news-from-far-right



Elon Musk deletes post spreading fake news about UK 'detainment camps' - Politics.co.uk

https://www.politics.co.uk/news/2024/08/08/elon-musk-deletes-post-spreading-fake-news-about-uk-detainment-camps/

Elon Musk: Elon Musk shares fake news about 'detainment camps' in UK, quietly deletes after… | World News - Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/elon-musk-shares-fake-news-about-detainment-camps-in-uk-quietly-deletes-after/articleshow/112377147.cms

Musk reposted the news that 'Prime Minister Starmer is considering setting up emergency detention camps in the Falkland Islands (off the coast of Argentina in the South Pacific) because prison capacity is reaching its limit due to the large number of people detained due to the riots.' Although it looks like the Daily Telegraph , a British daily newspaper, it is fake news. Musk added the comment ''Emergency detention camps' ...' when reposting.

The original post Musk reposted was by Ashley Simon , co-founder of Britain First , a well-known far-right political party.

According to Josh Self of the news site Politics.co.uk, Musk's repost was viewed by about 1 million people in 15 minutes and 1.8 million people in 30 minutes.



The Daily Telegraph denied the existence of the original article, saying: 'Images have been circulating purporting to be from a Telegraph article about 'emergency detention centres' in X, but no such article has been published in the Telegraph.'



Musk later deleted the repost, and Simon deleted the original post.

Musk drew backlash from the British government when he wrote that 'civil war is inevitable' in response to riots sparked by false information that a murder suspect in Southport, northwest England, was an immigrant.

Elon Musk posts on British riots: 'Civil war is inevitable' - GIGAZINE



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