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What can Britain do to tame Elon Musk’s X after the far-Right riots?

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Sir Keir Starmer was dragged into an ugly public spat with Elon Musk in the wake of violent unrest on Britain ’s streets.

The billionaire owner of X, formerly Twitter , branded the Prime Minister “ two -tier Keir ” The encounter highlighted the powerlessness of even the most influential person in the country to stand up to Musk.

Upcoming online safety laws allow for geoblocking, but analysts say this would only be deployed in an extreme scenario.

Without laws in place, the UK has little power to crack down on disinformation on social media.

Yet in taking too hardline an approach against Musk ’s company, the Prime Minister will find himself accused of stifling free speech.