Elon Musk Slammed For Promoting Falsehood-Riddled, Islamophobic Post
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Elon Musk faced criticism for promoting falsehood-riddled anti-Islam post on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday evening to his tens of millions of followers.
British actor Laurence Fox wrote a post on Saturday, claiming that the mayors of some of the largest towns and cities in the United Kingdom are Muslim. Fox then claimed that Muslim families receive state support, free housing, and free accommodation, and cited a stratospherically false and unrealistic unemployment rate.
He then complained, “Now every school in the UK is required to teach lessons about Islam. Has anyone ever been given an opportunity to vote for this?”
The Mayor of London is a Muslim.
The mayor of Birmingham is a Muslim.
The Mayor of Leeds is Muslim.
Mayor of Blackburn – Muslim.
The mayor of Sheffield is a Muslim.
The mayor of Oxford is a Muslim.
The mayor of Luton is a Muslim.
The mayor of Oldham is Muslim.
The mayor…
— Laurence Fox (@LozzaFox) May 4, 2024
The Islamophobic tweet was later community noted with the following corrections: “Chaman Lal is Sikh and the mayor of West Midlands- Birmingham. Al Garthwaite is a white German-born Brit- mayor of Leeds. Colin Ross is a white Brit and the mayor of South Yorkshire is a white Brit – Sheffield. Mike Holly is a white Brit- mayor of Rochdale.”
Regardless that did not stop the Tesla CEO and one of the world’s richest men from endorsing the post by claiming to be shocked by Fox’s statement.
Wow
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 5, 2024
Social media users quickly denounced Musk as one user mocked him by writing, “‘Let me just further endorse another bigoted, Islamophobic post.'”
‘Let me just further endorse another bigoted, Islamophobic post.’
— Bushra Shaikh (@Bushra1Shaikh) May 5, 2024
~~ The most deranged Islamophobic post ~~
Elon Musk:
“wow” https://t.co/mCjGyZbD9i— Waqas (@worqas) May 5, 2024
Wow what Elon?
Wow to a deranged, inaccurate post?
Wow to how many Islamopobes the West has created?
Wow to the number of views?
Wow to racists?
Another unhelpful ambiguous expression… or maybe Muslim hate is what your masters want you to peddle?Tell us. We are curious. https://t.co/gvjNAuVoSX
— Bushra Shaikh (@Bushra1Shaikh) May 5, 2024
Others users encouraged Musk to read the community notes feature provided by his own platform.
Community notes is an excellent feature of this platform.@elonmusk, what @LozzaFox said isn’t accurate… pic.twitter.com/agqcT66nhJ
— Gordon (@gorcampbell) May 5, 2024
Hi @elonmusk,@LozzaFox’s post that you commented “Wow” on has been community noted.
It was disinformation from a 2017 meme.
Source: https://t.co/JNtXGeJBdW https://t.co/UgMsEKw4uJ
— Dilly Hussain (@DillyHussain88) May 5, 2024
Will Elon Musk now apologize and delete this point, amplifying and seemingly agreeing with a post filled with total demonstrable falsehoods about Muslims in the UK? His own Community Note system has destroyed Fox’s post.
Why amplify bigoted misinfo on your own site? Shameful. https://t.co/5ml9LJNvTM
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 5, 2024
Meanwhile, the original tweet was slammed for it’s misleading statistics, including the claim that the unemployment rate for Muslims in the UK was 63% when in reality it stands at 6.7%.
I don’t know where this man is getting his numbers from, but it’s complete horseshit.
The unemployment rate for Muslims in England and Wales isn’t 63%.
It’s 6.7%. https://t.co/P0wrei7nqI
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) May 5, 2024
The mayor of Birmingham IS NOT a Muslim. (Chaman Lal is Sikh and the mayor of West Midlands is a white Brit).
The mayor of Leeds IS NOT a Muslim. (Al Garthwaite is a white German born Brit).
The mayor of Sheffield IS NOT a Muslim. (Colin Ross is a white Brit and the mayor of… https://t.co/lZPI61jen1
— Dilly Hussain (@DillyHussain88) May 5, 2024
