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Elon Musk’s posts on social media platform X are being assessed by the Government’s counter-extremism unit to see in the event that they pose a hazard a Britain, it has been reported.

The tech billionaire has brutally attacked Sir Keir Starmer on-line, claiming the Prime Minister didn’t deliver “rape gangs” to justice as director of public prosecutions (DPP) from 2008-13.

The entrepreneur additionally known as him “complicit in the rape of Britain” and accused safeguarding minister Jess Phillips of being a “rape genocide apologist” after the Government determined in opposition to a Whitehall-led inquiry into baby sexual abuse in Oldham.

The Home Office has ramped up additional monitoring to evaluate the content material and attain of what’s being shared X, particularly posts from accounts with a lot of followers – together with Mr Musk’s.

A authorities supply stated: “We keep a close eye on how disinformation and hate can proliferate, including online.”

The counter-terrorism unit has been concerned in content material evaluation and wider threat evaluation.

The unit sits inside the Homeland Security Group, whose “mission is to reduce national security risks to the UK’s people, prosperity and freedoms”.

According to the official authorities web site, it “focuses on the highest harm risks to the homeland, whether from terrorists, state actors, or cyber and economic criminals”.

Ms Phillips told how she has faced a “deluge of hate” after Mr Musk’s posts.

The Labour MP stated there had been an “attempt” to bully her.

Earlier this week, the Prime Minister hit out at Conservative chief Kemi Badenoch over “lies and misinformation, and slinging of mud”, saying it didn’t assist victims of kid sexual abuse.

The Conservatives accused Labour MPs of getting “turned a blind eye to justice” for victims of grooming gangs after an modification to the kid security and training Bill, which might have compelled a nationwide inquiry, was rejected within the House of Commons on Wednesday.