Humza Yousaf brands Elon Musk 'one of the most dangerous men on the planet'

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Scotland's former First Minister has described Elon Musk as "one of the most dangerous men on the planet". Speaking before a crowd at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe on Thursday, Humza Yousaf said the owner of X - formerly Twitter - used his wealth "for some of the most wicked evil I've seen".The comments come as Mr Musk deleted a repost on the website earlier on Thursday where he promoted a false claim about detainment camps being set up in the Falkland Islands for those involved in violent riots in the past week.The world's richest man has repeatedly weighed in on the disorder seen in the UK in the wake of the murders of three young girls in Southport, including dubbing the Prime Minister "two-tier Keir" and suggesting "civil war is inevitable" in the country.Speaking about Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, the former FMr described he and Mr Musk as "bosom buddies", going on to say of the X owner: "I have to say, in my opinion, he is one of the most dangerous men on the planet.

He is accountable to nobody, he has vast wealth at his fingertips and he uses it for some of the most wicked evil I've seen."Speaking at an event with broadcaster Matthew Stadlen, Mr Yousaf added: "He is not an idiot - Elon Musk is very smart, very tech-savvy." Mr Musk could research the claims he amplifies on social media, the former first minister said, but he chooses not to.Mr Yousaf pointed to the since-deleted repost of a faked headline purporting to be from the Daily Telegraph claiming Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was planning detention camps in the Falkland Islands for rioters.The Prime Minister, he said, has an opportunity to seek to regulate social media companies.