'Is this Britain or Soviet Union?': Elon Musk hits out after video appears to show man arrested for Facebook comments

Elon Musk has ramped up his row with the UK as he questioned if it was "Britain or the Soviet Union" after a man was apparently arrested over comments he made on Facebook.

The billionaire owner of X has been engaged in a war of words with Sir Keir Starmer over riots gripping the UK, amid concerns online disinformation is fuelling the unrest.

In his latest rebuke, Musk retweeted a video appearing to show police officers arresting a man for making offensive comments on Facebook.

He said: "Arrested for making comments on Facebook!

"Is this Britain or the Soviet Union? Is this accurate @Community Notes."

Community Notes is X's own fact checking resource.

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