Elon Musk, recently named the world's first trillionaire, has come under renewed criticism following anti-immigrant riots in Belfast after researchers said posts he amplified on X generated tens of millions of views.

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Violence erupted in the Northern Irish capital after a knife attack on Monday. Police have charged a Sudanese national, Hadi Alodid, with attempted murder in connection with the incident.

Calls for Protest Amplified

Musk used X to promote calls for protests across Britain from anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson. In a post to his roughly 240 million followers, Musk wrote: "Only by protesting REPEATEDLY and LOUDLY will there be any change."

He also shared anti-immigration content and posts from Rupert Lowe, leader of the fringe hard-right party Restore Britain, significantly increasing their visibility on the platform.

Researchers Highlight Reach

According to researchers at the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), posts by Musk, Robinson and Lowe relating to the Belfast unrest attracted more than 115 million views combined. The group said Musk's account was responsible for 55% of that total.

In a report, CCDH said Musk's amplification generated around 64 million views and played a key role in spreading the content.

Watchdog Criticises Platform Owner

"As the owner of X and its most followed user, Musk has unparalleled power to shape what people see online," said CCDH founder and chief executive Imran Ahmed.

Ahmed said the research showed Musk had used the Belfast attack to amplify anti-migrant narratives to millions of users, while communities were dealing with the aftermath of violence and disorder.

He added that no individual had done more to spread such content on X during the crisis than Musk.

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Immigrants could put a stop to Elon Musk publishing this type of content very easily by not attempting to behead people or rape young white girls or murder the natives or commit other types of atrocities on UK soil.

30 minutes ago, James105 said:

Immigrants could put a stop to Elon Musk publishing this type of content very easily by not attempting to behead people or rape young white girls or murder the natives or commit other types of atrocities on UK soil.

You could say mostly the same about a certain current President.

2 hours ago, James105 said:

Immigrants could put a stop to Elon Musk publishing this type of content very easily by not attempting to behead people or rape young white girls or murder the natives or commit other types of atrocities on UK soil.

Brit colonists did the same throughout the Empire. Empire has a way of coming back to haunt you. Reap what you've sown.

Easy charges to win would be spreading race hatred, inciting race violence. For certain, Muck should be banned from the UK permanently.

One more indication we're all doomed: 240M 'follow' Leon! Jesus H!

2 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Brit colonists did the same throughout the Empire. Empire has a way of coming back to haunt you. Reap what you've sown.

It fascinates me that the right wing in the UK are screaming for British history to be taught in schools.........the only possible reason being they don't have a clue about real British history beyond Henry VIII and the whooping of Hitler's derrière.

1 hour ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Brit colonists did the same throughout the Empire. Empire has a way of coming back to haunt you. Reap what you've sown.

I wasn't alive during the height of the British empire and nor were the tens of thousands of girls being raped by Pakistani rape gangs. Are you suggesting the rapes are justified then? Is that your hot take here?

12 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Brit colonists did the same throughout the Empire. Empire has a way of coming back to haunt you. Reap what you've sown.

By linking that to a former Sudanese policeman, born in Saudi Arabia, attacking essentially an old lag in Belfast, you display ignorance of the British administration of Sudan.

No colonists there.

All idiotic scrutiny shall pass.

Ignore.

Elon Musk is outspoken, but did he break the law?

6 minutes ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Elon Musk is outspoken, but did he break the law?

Yes, absolutely.

More truth bombs from Musk.

I wonder of Starmer will try to lock him up like the other tweeters?

He can't have people noticing. Worse still posting about it. That is more serious than the crime itself as far as 2 tier keir is concerned.

53 minutes ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Elon Musk is outspoken, but did he break the law?

Outspoken is an understatement, he fanned the flames. Illegal, I don't think so.

30 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Outspoken is an understatement, he fanned the flames. Illegal, I don't think so.

Probably illegal in Britain under that tyrant starmer he locks people up for tweets all the time

Typical Marxist authoritarian

Feel bad for the Brit’s man

12 minutes ago, EastBayRay said:

Probably illegal in Britain under that tyrant starmer he locks people up for tweets all the time

Typical Marxist authoritarian

Feel bad for the Brit’s man

First LOL of the day....cheers.

24 minutes ago, EastBayRay said:

Probably illegal in Britain under that tyrant starmer he locks people up for tweets all the time

Typical Marxist authoritarian

Feel bad for the Brit’s man

Indeed, in the UK they are arresting over 30 people a day for Social Media posts, still!

22 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Brit colonists did the same throughout the Empire. Empire has a way of coming back to haunt you. Reap what you've sown.

We brought civilization to them.

They bring barbarism to us.

Back to the OP,

It would be interesting is Elon visited the UK.

Would they ban him from entry, or arrest him for terrorism?

48 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

We brought civilization to them.

They bring barbarism to us.

Back to the OP,

It would be interesting is Elon visited the UK.

Would they ban him from entry, or arrest him for terrorism?

Ah, yes. We brought civilised thievery to the heathens. The British committed far more barbarity than any amount of immigrants could accomplish in the UK.

I should hope they'd bar Leon for inciting terrorism.

59 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Would they ban him from entry, or arrest him for terrorism?

He is untouchable.

Too much of a big fish to ever be arrested.

On 6/14/2026 at 12:36 PM, unblocktheplanet said:

Brit colonists did the same throughout the Empire. Empire has a way of coming back to haunt you. Reap what you've sown.

So it’s war you say?

Payback time?

That can go both ways.

You sure you want a future where some unhinged leader is saying…

“Remember when your countrymen wouldn’t stop beheading and raping women in our country and none of your brethren condemned it?

Yeah….that’s why you’re getting nuked now.”

6 hours ago, Tyke said:

6 hours ago, Smokey and the Bandit said:

Elon Musk is outspoken, but did he break the law?

Yes, absolutely.

Then the law needs to be changed. This censorship of people's free speech needs to stop.

On 6/14/2026 at 3:33 AM, webfact said:

said CCDH founder and chief executive Imran Ahmed.

We all know where Imran Ahmed's loyalties lie...

30 minutes ago, emptypockets said:

Then the law needs to be changed. This censorship of people's free speech needs to stop.

Seems ublocktheplanet doesn't like free speech. Thanks for the thumbs down . You have hurt my feelings. The police are coming for you.

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

We brought civilization to them.

They bring barbarism to us.

Back to the OP,

It would be interesting is Elon visited the UK.

Would they ban him from entry, or arrest him for terrorism?

I don't think Elon would ever visit the UK again? It would certainly be interesting if he did and got stopped at Heathrow airport, he does travel with a large security contingent.

He has visited though on a few occasions with no problems , the last time in 2023.

On 6/14/2026 at 12:38 PM, unblocktheplanet said:

Easy charges to win would be spreading race hatred, inciting race violence. For certain, Muck should be banned from the UK permanently.

One more indication we're all doomed: 240M 'follow' Leon! Jesus H!

A number you'll never get to, not even 100 followers.

3 hours ago, emptypockets said:

Seems ublocktheplanet doesn't like free speech. Thanks for the thumbs down . You have hurt my feelings. The police are coming for you.

Lefties and bigots never do.

3 hours ago, CG1 Blue said:

We all know where Imran Ahmed's loyalties lie...

We do indeed.

6 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Ah, yes. We brought civilised thievery to the heathens. The British committed far more barbarity than any amount of immigrants could accomplish in the UK.

I should hope they'd bar Leon for inciting terrorism.

You are a clown indeed.

Top Modern Era Dictators (by estimated democide)

• Mao Zedong (China): Responsible for an estimated 49 to 78 million deaths. This staggering total was primarily driven by the mass starvation of the Great Leap Forward and the violent political purges of the Cultural Revolution. [1, 2]

• Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union): Responsible for an estimated 20 million deaths. His toll includes victims of deliberate famines (such as the Holodomor), mass executions, the Great Purge, and the brutal system of forced labor camps (the Gulag). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

• Adolf Hitler (Nazi Germany): Responsible for an estimated 17 to 20 million victims (including combat deaths and the Holocaust). His regime perpetrated the systematic, state-sponsored genocide of six million Jews and millions of others, including Roma, Soviet prisoners, and political dissidents. [1, 2, 3]

Notorious Historical Conquerors & Autocrats

• Genghis Khan & the Mongol Empire: The devastating expansion of the Mongol Empire across Eurasia resulted in millions of deaths. While exact numbers are impossible to verify, the Mongols were notorious for their brutal sieges and massacres of entire populations that resisted them. [1, 2, 3]

• Timur (Tamerlane): A 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror whose campaigns across Central Asia, Western Asia, and India were marked by extreme brutality and massacres. [1]

• Leopold II of Belgium: Responsible for the deaths of up to 10 million Congolese people. During his personal rule over the Congo Free State, he oversaw a system of forced labor, torture, and mutilation driven by the extraction of rubber. [1, 2]

• Pol Pot (Cambodia): Led the Khmer Rouge regime, which was responsible for the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians—nearly a quarter of the country's population—through forced labor, execution, and starvation between 1975 and 1979. [1, 2, 3]

7 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

You are a clown indeed.

Top Modern Era Dictators (by estimated democide)

• Mao Zedong (China): Responsible for an estimated 49 to 78 million deaths. This staggering total was primarily driven by the mass starvation of the Great Leap Forward and the violent political purges of the Cultural Revolution. [1, 2]

• Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union): Responsible for an estimated 20 million deaths. His toll includes victims of deliberate famines (such as the Holodomor), mass executions, the Great Purge, and the brutal system of forced labor camps (the Gulag). [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

• Adolf Hitler (Nazi Germany): Responsible for an estimated 17 to 20 million victims (including combat deaths and the Holocaust). His regime perpetrated the systematic, state-sponsored genocide of six million Jews and millions of others, including Roma, Soviet prisoners, and political dissidents. [1, 2, 3]

Notorious Historical Conquerors & Autocrats

• Genghis Khan & the Mongol Empire: The devastating expansion of the Mongol Empire across Eurasia resulted in millions of deaths. While exact numbers are impossible to verify, the Mongols were notorious for their brutal sieges and massacres of entire populations that resisted them. [1, 2, 3]

• Timur (Tamerlane): A 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror whose campaigns across Central Asia, Western Asia, and India were marked by extreme brutality and massacres. [1]

• Leopold II of Belgium: Responsible for the deaths of up to 10 million Congolese people. During his personal rule over the Congo Free State, he oversaw a system of forced labor, torture, and mutilation driven by the extraction of rubber. [1, 2]

• Pol Pot (Cambodia): Led the Khmer Rouge regime, which was responsible for the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million Cambodians—nearly a quarter of the country's population—through forced labor, execution, and starvation between 1975 and 1979. [1, 2, 3]

No matter how many times they’re reminded of this historical potential future, they deliberately ignore it and forget.

But what about the "researchers" giving out on Musk ? Are they another bunch of antifa cofunders supporting the left wing ideologies ? just a question. Not that I like Musk and even less like his EV's. But with all the censorship of speech all over the west, he is the only one allowing freedom of expression. And when one sees what happening to Europe...what to say ? Even if one is moderate, one can but notice all the crime and financial problemes arised by excessive illegal immigrants or refugees flocking all over western Europe or the UK.