British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday (January 6, 2025) that people who spread lies and disinformation online are not interested in supporting those affected and are only interested in themselves.
“Those who are spreading lies and misinformation as far as possible are not interested in the victims, but themselves,” Starmer said.
Starmer was responding to a question about Elon Musk’s recent attacks on his handling of child rape cases, although he did not criticize Musk individually.
Musk, a close ally of US President-elect Donald Trump, last week backed calls for a national investigation into prosecutors’ handling of rape cases of underage girls by men of Pakistani descent. of the government Starmer previously led.
A 2014 investigation found that at least 1,400 children were subjected to sexual exploitation in Rotherham, northern England, between 1997 and 2013.
“We have seen this guide many times, encouraging intimidation and threats of violence, in the hope that the media will amplify it,” Starmer said.
The Prime Minister highlighted that his Safeguarding Minister, Jess Phillips, had received serious threats. Musk described her in a post on his X social media platform last week as a “rape genocide apologist.”
“When far-right venom creates serious threats to Jess Phillips and others, then, in my opinion, a line has been crossed,” Starmer said.
Published – January 6, 2025 04:59 pm IST
