The Guardian says the billionaire is preparing to take a role in the Trump misinformation campaign.

Elon Musk - the CEO of the social platform X (former Twitter), Tesla, and Space X - has played a part in the riots that shocked the United Kingdom in July and August 2024; he has been one of the drivers that spread falsehoods and incited spirits in British streets.

“This summer we have witnessed something new and unprecedented. The billionaire owner of a tech platform publicly confronting an elected leader [Prime Minister Keir Starmer] and using his platform to undermine his authority and incite violence. Britain’s 2024 summer riots were Elon Musk’s trial balloon,” the Guardian, a leading British publication, says in a feature that is building a forecast about the forthcoming presidential election in the United States.

Musk has been reported numerous times for posting false information without bothering to check the facts, or to correct his claims, or to apologize when caught telling lies.

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In Britain, the billionaire wrote a playbook to test the impact his actions, according to the publication, while the conclusions may lay the ground for further actions in America next November.

“The streets are – for now – quiet. The violence has been crushed. But this is Britain, where extremist political violence is someone carrying a brick and throwing a chair leg. In America, there aren’t just automatic weapons and rights to openly carry firearms, there are actual militias. Regardless of how well [Kamala] Harris is doing in the polls, America is facing a singularly dangerous moment, whoever wins the election,” the text goes on.

The Guardian also reminded that X – like other Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook – has fired all of their fact-checking teams and made little or no progress in combating propaganda, misinformation, or disinformation.

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Worst of all is that governments have not stepped in to enforce the laws on false news against the world's richest man. Even in Europe, where the public is more protected than in America.

“The [U.S.] presidential election is three months away. What if the billionaire contests the result? What if he decides democracy is overrated?” the publication asks. Rhetorically.

Elon Musk in comments denied allegations of spreading falsehoods, saying that his posts should be interpreted as “parody.” He has publicly endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump for U.S. presidency.

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