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Musk's Tweets Spark UK Controversy Over Grooming Gangs

1/11/2025

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Elon Musk's provocative tweets have ignited a firestorm in the UK, as he lashes out at Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Labour Minister Jess Phillips regarding the government's response to grooming gangs. His shocking accusation of Phillips as a "rape genocide apologist" has drawn the attention of the Home Office's counter-extremism unit, intensifying worries about misinformation and online safety.

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Elon Musk's provocative tweets have ignited a firestorm in the UK, as he lashes out at Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Labour Minister Jess Phillips regarding the government's response to grooming gangs. His shocking accusation of Phillips as a "rape genocide apologist" has drawn the attention of the Home Office's counter-extremism unit, intensifying worries about misinformation and online safety.