{"id":142511,"date":"2024-09-26T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/elon-musk-lashes-out-at-uk-after-hearing-he-isnt-invited-to-tech-conference\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T14:17:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T14:17:25","slug":"elon-musk-lashes-out-at-uk-after-hearing-he-isnt-invited-to-tech-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/26\/elon-musk-lashes-out-at-uk-after-hearing-he-isnt-invited-to-tech-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk lashes out at UK after hearing he isn’t invited to tech conference"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Elon Musk has lashed out at the UK after reports he had been snubbed by a government investment summit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The tech billionaire hasn’t been invited to the summit next month after his posts on his X platform regarding the violent riots in the UK last month, according to a BBC report<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In response, he made the inaccurate claim that the government was releasing convicted paedophiles to allow for the imprisonment of people over social media posts.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think anyone should go to the UK when they’re releasing convicted paedophiles in order to imprison people for social media posts,” Mr Musk said on X, in response to a post on the report.<\/p>\n

His comments appear to be a reference to the government’s early release scheme, which saw more than 1,700 prisoners released early this month.<\/p>\n

Read more: Dozens let out of prison under emergency release scheme were freed by mistake<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

It was an effort by the prime minister to reduce overcrowding in prisons.<\/p>\n

Those serving sentences for sex offences were not included in the scheme.<\/p>\n

During the riots that shook the UK in August, Mr Musk, who has nearly 200 million followers on X, sent a series of posts on X, including one saying civil war was “inevitable”.<\/p>\n

He was quickly criticised by the government and others. Sir Keir Starmer’s team said at the time there was “no justification” for such comments.<\/p>\n

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More than 1,000 arrests have been made in relation to the riots, and some people have been jailed for stirring up racial hatred on social media.<\/p>\n

The investment summit next month is designed to attract investors to the UK economy and will see leaders from global tech and financial groups attend.<\/p>\n

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Mr Musk was last publicly seen in London in November 2023, when he attended the AI Safety Summit before being interviewed by then-Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n

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The Department for Business and Trade and the Treasury did not respond to requests for comment on either the BBC report or Musk’s response.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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