UK minister challenges Musk's ideas about internet freedom - here's what happened
British Science Secretary disagrees with Elon Musks position on free-speech limits. The conflict started after X platform owner made controversial posts about UK events and missed important summit
Peter Kyle‚ Science Secretary makes clear his stance against Elon Musks views on free-speech: saying that freedom doesnt mean causing harm to others. The minister (who leads UK science policy) thinks theres a big difference between protecting democracy and letting harmful content spread
This summer Musk got into hot water after X platform spread wrong info about UK riots. The platform owner didnt get invited to a big UK investment meet-up this fall and responded with some non-friendly posts about Britain: including false info about UK prisons and made-up news stories
I take a very different view on free speech than Elon Musk does. Not that free speech isnʼt important‚ because my God it is
The Science Secretary explained his work with Lord Vallance - now they work as a team on tech stuff. Kyle talks about his plans for AI in Britain saying he wants to make a super-fast reform system (what he calls a Ferrari of reform) but needs to be extra-careful with it
The minister shared info about online safety rules:
- New guidelines coming in about 1.5 years
- Ofcom will manage everything
- No quick changes to current laws planned
Kyle says he respects Musks tech work but doesnt spend time thinking about talking to him. After some bad posts about UK events Musk removed wrong info from X in just 30 mins - but damage was done
