The far right are currently trying to whip people into a complete frenzy about migration and their other topics, while at same time Elon Musk the man behind Tesla and X, is actively amplifying misleading far-right propaganda about the UK on a daily basis. From hoaxes to conspiracy theories to open incitement,
Over the past two years, Elon Musk has transformed the social media platform into an instrument of power and vehicle for his ideas, which continue to drift to the far while turning his 225M-follower account into a pipeline for racist lies and anti-democratic rhetoric.
There’s not currently a definitive answer as to what is driving Musk. His presence as an active player on his own platform is certainly keeping X talked about. With Donald Trump’s re-election, Musk’s power has grown to unsettling levels, worrying leaders worldwide.
As Musk cemented his role as one of the main political disinformers online, X underwent managerial decisions that significantly weakened efforts to combat false news and hate speech. Under Musk’s leadership, content moderation teams were heavily reduced, tools for reporting political disinformation were disabled, and access to platform data for disinformation research was restricted.
The “Community Notes” system, designed to counter disinformation, was widely criticized as a failure. At the same time, numerous right-wing activists and conspiracy theorists were reinstated on X after previously being banned for violating Twitter’s former policies on hate speech and misinformation. This included far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, who had been ordered to pay billions in damages for falsely claiming that the 2012 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a hoax. With his readmission to X, Jones was able to return to a new life online, reaching an ever-widening audience with his content.
Another one of those welcomed back was convicted criminal and anti-Islam campaigner Tommy Robinson. Despite having less than a million followers on X in the weeks following his reinstatement, his posts were viewed more than a billion times – thanks in part to Musk actively responding to Robinson’s anti-immigration posts, which have amplified his false claims to his 214 million followers.
According to multiple studies, these decisions have led to a significant increase in hate speech, false news, and conspiracy theories on X. Such management has led several media outlets as well as institutions, organizations, and many ordinary people to abandon X. Several major advertising investors have also decided to withdraw from X, and nearly two years after Musk’s acquisition, the platform’s value had dropped by 80 percent.
As for Tommy Robinson on Sept 13th, he is calling for his “big demonstration" in London. He’ll tell you it’s about patriotism & unity. The truth? He’s a compulsive racist propagandist whose real mission is division and destabilisation.
When using disinformation as a political tool, Elon Musk does not create false news and conspiracy theories himself. Instead, the owner of X primarily shares false and misleading content from a swarm of far-right and conspiracy accounts highly active on his platform. This strategy achieves multiple objectives at once: with his account boasting over 220 million followers, he mainstreams far-right narratives that were previously marginal, while simultaneously boosting the follower count and social reach of these profiles, granting them credibility.
I have tried to add up the number of times Musk has tweeted or reposted about Britain recently , but lost count. Here's a closer look at 13 of them. And it shows that he’s turning X (formerly Twitter) into a safe space for far-right propaganda while fanning the flames of far-right extremism and Islamophobia at a time when flag waving mobs are running riot .
1. The Dundee “migrant attack” hoax
Musk reposted viral claims about a 12-year-old girl in Dundee “defending herself from migrants with an axe and knife.”
Here’s the reality: - Police Scotland say the girl was charged with possession of offensive weapons after approaching a Bulgarian couple with friends. - There is no evidence the couple harassed or followed the girls. - CCTV reviewed by police found no support for the allegations being spread online.
Far-right accounts (including Tommy Robinson) falsely framed this as a “migrant attack.” Musk retweeted those claims and added: “What kind of government arrests little girls who try to defend themselves?”
Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney said Musk’s misinformation was “undermining cohesion in our communities” and “totally unacceptable.”
Meanwhile, the 12-year-old was recast as a folk hero online: cartoons painted her as Braveheart, and a crowdfunder raised £30k on the back of false claims that her sister had been attacked. A local weapons charge was transformed into an international far-right propaganda moment.
2. Bridget Phillipson “balance of rights” edit
Musk reposted a cut video of Labour’s Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson. Claim online: She said migrants’ rights are more important than locals’. Reality: In full, Phillipson told Sky: “It’s about a balance of rights” - stressing both community protection and orderly asylum reform. What Musk did: Amplified the far-right edit that stripped away the nuance. Why it matters: This deliberate distortion fuels the idea Labour politicians openly side against citizens. Musk turned a heavily edited clip into “proof” of betrayal.
Musk reposted claims about Afghan asylum seeker Sadeq Nikzad, jailed for raping a 15-year-old in Falkirk. Claim online: His lawyer “blamed cultural differences,” he wouldn’t be deported, and it would cost taxpayers £450k. Reality: - Nikzad was sentenced to 9 years' custody + 3 on licence and put on the sex offenders register. - His lawyer raised cultural differences as context, but this wasn’t a legal defence. - Deportation has been pledged after the sentence. - The £450k figure is a back-of-envelope guess, not an official cost. What Musk did: Spread the distorted version, omitting deportation, exaggerating costs, and endorsing racist framing. Why it matters: This turns a horrific crime into fuel for collective blame of migrants, rather than reporting the facts.
Musk reposted a meme accusing PM Keir Starmer of blocking a “rape gang inquiry.” Claim online: As DPP, Starmer avoided inquiries to “protect” abusers. Reality: - As Director of Public Prosecutions, Starmer introduced reforms to CPS handling of child abuse. - Multiple inquiries into grooming gangs have taken place: Rotherham, Rochdale, Telford, and the national IICSA inquiry. What Musk did: Reposted the meme, validating a defamatory smear. Why it matters: This plays into racist tropes that Labour “covered up” for minorities - a baseless conspiracy Musk handed global reach.
Musk reposted Tommy Robinson, claiming “natives have had enough of forced population replacement.” Claim online: Elites are deliberately “replacing” white populations with migrants. Reality: This is the Great Replacement theory - a white nationalist conspiracy cited in the manifestos of terrorists in Christchurch, Buffalo, and El Paso. What Musk did: Put Robinson’s claim before millions, without context. Why it matters: This isn’t, commentary. It’s laundering extremist propaganda into mainstream political debate.
6. The Joey Mannarino’s ‘migrant apocalypse’
Musk endorsed a post saying: Europeans pay 50% tax to house migrants, who will “rape your daughters” and face no consequences. Claim online: Migrants are parasites, criminals, and rapists, shielded by elites. Reality: - Tax rates vary; asylum costs are a tiny fraction of budgets. - No evidence migrants collectively commit such crimes. - Self-defence is legal in Europe; hate speech laws don’t criminalise ordinary dissent. What Musk did: Replied with one word: “Yes.” Why it matters: That “Yes” validates pure hate propaganda, projecting it to a global audience.
7. Attack on UK judges
Musk reposted Tommy Robinson attacking so-called “Labour judges” for siding with “invaders.” Claim online: Judges ruled to keep an “illegal immigrant” in the country, silencing locals. Reality: - UK judges are independent. They don’t belong to Labour or any political party. - Robinson misrepresented a bail/remand decision. - Video of police “violently arresting children” was unverified and used to inflame. What Musk did: Added: “Intolerable! Shame on those judges.” Why it matters: Delegitimising the judiciary is authoritarian 101. It primes hostility toward courts and paints judges as traitors. Coming from Musk, it undermines confidence in independent justice.
8. Misused rape statistics
Musk reposted a chart showing r-pe reports in England & Wales rising from 8,593 (2000) to 68,109 (2023). Claim online: Western Europe is collapsing into lawlessness, unlike Poland where rape numbers “fell.” Reality: - England & Wales: The Sexual Offences Act 2003 broadened definitions of rape. Reporting increased after #MeToo and police reforms. - Germany: New “No Means No” law (2016) widened categories of sexual assault. - France: Similar definitional and reporting changes. - Poland: The suspiciously low figure cited (1,127) contradicts official stats, which are far higher. What Musk did: Shared the graphic with no context. Why it matters: Weaponises raw data to suggest migrants are driving rape epidemics, when in reality, legal reforms and improved reporting explain much of the rise.
9.“Fight, fight, fight!” mobilisation
Musk reposted an AI image urging Brits & Irish to: “Rally NOW to save your countries! It’s now or never. Fight, fight, fight! Soon it will be too late.” Claim online: Citizens must fight now or their nations will be lost. Reality: This is not news, it’s mobilisation rhetoric. No factual basis, just existential panic. What Musk did: Reposted without comment, giving it millions of views. Why it matters: This is incitement language, not metaphor. Combined with Musk’s other “traitors” and “they must go now” posts, it primes supporters for confrontation. This is stochastic terrorism in action.
10. Migrants “want to kill me”
Musk reposted an alleged 25-year-old saying: “Is it wrong to not want to live among migrants who want to kill me simply for existing?” Claim online: All migrants are murderers-in-waiting. Reality: This is a blanket smear. Migrants are not a group that “wants to kill” anyone. UK crime data shows no such trend. What Musk did: Amplified the fear and gave it 1.8M impressions. Why it matters: Dehumanisation at scale. When all migrants are painted as existential threats, violence against them becomes easier to justify. Musk’s repost mainstreams that narrative.
11. “One million victims” exaggeration
Musk reposted a viral claim: “Child sex abuse gangs could have assaulted ONE MILLION youngsters in the UK.” …and added his own comment: “Many.” Claim online: One million children were assaulted by grooming gangs, covered up by Labour MPs and police. Reality: - The one million figure comes from the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), but it referred to all forms of child sexual abuse over decades, including family members, institutions, and peers..
Grooming gangs make up a small fraction of those cases. - Even the IICSA warned the “one million” number was an estimate and should not be weaponised. - Rotherham MP Sarah Champion (quoted in the graphic) has repeatedly said that while grooming gangs are horrific, they are not the only or even primary source of abuse in the UK.
What Musk did: By reposting with “Many,” Musk validated the most inflated, context-stripped version of the statistic, turning a broad abuse inquiry into a racialised narrative of “migrant rape gangs.” Why it matters: It erases the fact that most child abuse in the UK is committed by family members or individuals known to the victim. It racialises abuse by reinforcing the idea that “Muslim grooming gangs” are the whole problem. Coming from Musk, it gives global legitimacy to a distorted figure that has already been used to stoke racist violence.
12.“They need to go now”:
Musk amplifies debunked pedophilia smear Musk reposted Tommy Robinson, sharing an old Sun headline: “Labour chiefs: It’s OK to have sex with 10-yr-olds.” …and added his own words: “They need to go now. Not in the future. Now.”
Claim online: Labour politicians endorsed pedophilia, Westminster covered it up, and therefore “they’ve got to go.” Reality: - This headline refers to the Pedophile Information Exchange (PIE) controversy in the early 1980s. PIE campaigned to legalise child abuse. - Patricia Hewitt (then a civil liberties campaigner, not yet a Labour MP) was criticised for allowing PIE material to be published in a pamphlet. She later called it a “serious mistake” and apologised..
No Labour “chiefs” endorsed pedophilia. There was never a policy or official approval. It was a tabloid distortion, long debunked. - Successive inquiries have confirmed no evidence of a party-wide cover-up.
What Musk did: - By amplifying Robinson’s framing, Musk recycled a 40-year-old smear as if it were a current fact. - His own caption, “They need to go now. Not in the future. Now,” is incitement language, suggesting immediate action against elected officials.
Why it matters: - This is the same rhetorical tactic used by QAnon: link opponents to child abuse, demand “they must go.” - It delegitimises not just politicians, but democracy itself, by presenting opponents as child-rapists who cannot be reasoned with. - Coming from Musk, it turns a debunked tabloid smear into a viral incitement message seen by millions.
13. “Nuremberg defence” and stochastic terrorism
Musk reposted a viral claim comparing UK police to Nazis: “The UK police force need to think deeply about how the Nuremberg trials after WW2 established the principle that individuals have a responsibility to disobey illegal or immoral orders.” Musk added: “‘Just following orders’ is not an acceptable defense.”
Claim online: UK police enforcing law = Nazi collaborators, who must disobey orders or face moral equivalence with perpetrators of genocide.
Reality: - The Nuremberg principle was about prosecuting Nazi war crimes, crimes against humanity. - Applying it to UK police officers enforcing bail rulings or dispersing protests is a grotesque distortion. - It’s not a call for reform, it’s a call for insubordination and resistance.
What Musk did: - Endorsed the comparison, making it appear legitimate. - Signalled to his 225M followers that police enforcing laws against far-right activists are akin to Nazis. Why it matters: - This is stochastic terrorism: priming hostility toward police, judges, and government by suggesting they are Nazi-like oppressors. - It delegitimises lawful authority, framing enforcement of hate-speech or protest laws as crimes that must be resisted. - t also casts ordinary opponents of the far right (politicians, journalists, community leaders) as “Nazis” who deserve resistance. Coming from Musk, this isn’t a fringe rant. It’s global propaganda that tells millions: the police are Nazis, and obedience is complicity
Elon Musk, a privileged far right white supremacist, is also now openly calling for ethnic cleansing of non-white immigrants. .
Musk is also currently “in talks” to fund far-right flag-raising operations across the UK, sources have claimed. The world’s richest man and former Trump advisor has reportedly been “collaborating” with far-right influencers behind major initiatives, which have seen Union Jacks and St George’s flags put up.
One far-right figure with knowledge of the situation said: “Elon Musk has been communicating with the organisers of some far-right groups behind the campaign. He’s even considering funding it.”
“Musk has talked to a handful of X accounts about flag raising and supports the move,” the source added. Tommy Robinson and Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain, led by Charlie Downes, are said to be among those he has contacted.
It is currently unclear how he would funnel money to the organisers but there are fundraising pages set up to raise money for the flags. Musk posted a picture of the St George’s flag on Tuesday, which gained nearly 70 million views.
Far-right group Weoley Warriors, which calls itself a “group of proud English men,” has raised between £2,500 and £11,000 for supplies, with Britain First donating around 250 flags. It comes after the Telegraph revealed the billionaire urged Ben Habib, the former co-leader of Reform, to start his own party called Advanced UK in January.
Habib and Musk are understood to be in contact on X. Speaking about their discussions, Habib said: “What we discussed was the threat facing Western civilisation from the way we’re being governed. “Mass migration, net zero, no borders, DEI, progressive discrimination, all that kind of thing. We had a philosophical alignment of thinking, and the need to deregulate power, our economies, etc.”
Elon Musk has now become an advertising board for another far right UK political party Advance UK. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1960443025919746350
These people do not stand for us they actively seek division and control. I read through Advance UKs manifesto and there essentially a worse reform. These “people” funnel hate and discrimination.
Long gone are the innocent days when media outlets claimed the independence and nuance of the politics of Elon Musk. Now, amid myriad X posts spreading far-right propaganda, it's obvious where one of the richest men in the world stands.
Musk says he is a free speech advocate, but is using his social media profile on X to promote far-right disinformation and feed a "frenzy" against immigrants, minorities and Muslims, ironically an immigrant himself is deeply involved in anti-immigrant propaganda in Europe by amplifying far-right voices like AfD in Germany and Vox in Spain, while spreading misinformation about “migrant crimes”
Elon Musk is not “just sharing opinions.” He is recycling debunked tabloid hoaxes (eg. “Labour wants child sex legalised”). While validating posts that call migrants rapists, murderers, and parasites. - Calling UK judges “intolerable” and demanding they “must go now.” -
This is not free speech. It’s a pipeline. Musk is laundering far-right propaganda into the mainstream: - Smears become “facts.” - Racist myths become “common sense.” - Calls for resistance become “defending freedom.”
Elon Musk has often inflamed politically tense moments, In the midst of anti-Muslim riots in the U.K. which were ginned up by a false rumor. Musk declared that “civil war is inevitable” in the country. As his words amass millions of views and thousands of shares, they also illustrate the ability of one of the world’s most influential people to spread fear, hate and misinformation during fraught political moments around the world.
The agenda is clear: - Stoke fear of migrants. - Undermine trust in courts, police, and elected government. - Normalise far-right conspiracy theories. - Prime his 225M followers to see violence as inevitable and justified. When the world’s richest man turns his platform into a megaphone for hate and stochastic terrorism, it’s not just toxic speech; it’s a threat to democracy and public safety everywhere.
From a Nazi salute to promoting Germany’s far-right Elon Musk is exporting his extremist agenda around the world. Here's something we can do about it:
TO: European Commission and EU member states We urge you to act decisively to enforce the DSA and hold Elon Musk to account.
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