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Social media posts by Elon Musk and others are being monitored by UK authorities as potential security threats.

A team in the Home Office’s Homeland Security group, which “focusses on the highest harm risks to the homeland” and is in charge of lowering national security threats, is conducting the monitoring, according to a government website.

They are examining who is interacting with posts and their reach.

A Home Office spokesperson said: “While we can’t comment on operational matters, we routinely use open-source monitoring to be informed of what is being shared and discussed online.”

The BBC was informed by a source that this was being done to ensure they were keeping up with any obstacles that “non-state actors” might be posing.

It is believed that Musk’s remarks on Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips triggered the start of the social media output monitoring, which was initially made public by the Daily Mirror.

Phillips was referred to as a “rape genocide apologist” by the US tech billionaire who renamed Twitter X after acquiring the firm and suggested she ought to be imprisoned.

Threats against her have escalated as a result of the position, the Labour minister, who has long advocated to address violence against women and operated a domestic abuse refuge before becoming an MP, told the BBC.

According to the BBC, Home Office authorities are keeping an eye on Musk’s social media posts, as well as those of other accounts with a sizable following, given Musk is an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump.

Musk has been criticising the UK government for turning down a new investigation into gang grooming over the past week, with the prime minister claiming that victims require “action” not more inquiries.

None of the 20 recommendations issued by the seven-year Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, which was conducted in 2022 during the Conservative government, have been put into practice.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announced Monday the steps she would take in response to three recommendations.

Sir Keir Starmer, the prime minister, has denounced what he called “lies and misinformation” surrounding landmark probes into child sex abuse.

As Director of Public Prosecutions, he has also vigorously defended his record of combating child abuse and sexual exploitation, which includes pursuing the most child sexual abuse cases ever and bringing the first trial of a “Asian grooming gang” in Rochdale.

Musk has commended Rupert Lowe, a Reform UK MP, said: “I have asked the Home Office how many of Musk’s posts have been investigated, for what reason, by how many officers and at what cost to the taxpayer.

“They will spy on Musk’s online activity, but no inquiry into thousands of foreign rapists. Pathetic.”

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