Elon Musk is a controversial figure in the online community, or really any community. Whether you think he is the most super-genius the world has ever seen or simply a crook who ruins perfectly functioning social media websites, you will find strong opinions on both sides of the fence about the X/Twitter owner.

However, one person who has expressed his opinion on the mask master is Bruce Daisy, former VP of Europe, Middle East, and Africa at Twitter. Writing in The Guardian about Mask's reference to civil war during the recent UK riots, Daisley offers a simple solution to prevent Mask's pot-stirring antics.

Although it may not be internationally known, there have been a number of recent protests by the far right in the UK. Ostensibly claimed to be about immigration and crime, but actually done as an excuse to destroy local libraries in the name of St. George, the BBC explains it much better than I can.

Musk previously tweeted that “civil war is inevitable” under the Liverpool riots video, drawing criticism from the British government and many online voices. He has also called current British Prime Minister Starmer a hypocrite with a “two-tier kier” and shared a fake news post claiming that Starmer was setting up camps to house rioters in the Falkland Islands.

“In the short term, Mask and his fellow executives should be reminded of their criminal liability for their actions under existing law. The UK's Online Safety Act 2023 should be strengthened immediately,” Daisley wrote:

”In my experience, the threat [of personal sanctions] is far more effective against executives than the risk of corporate fines. If Musk continues to foment unrest, arrest warrants may fire from his fingertips, but they will have the effect of focusing his mind as an international jet-setter."

He raises an interesting point, much discussed in this modern, social media-inspired social media-influenced age.

The British government was quick to condemn Musk's words, and Kia Starmer has called for a “mature dialogue” about the role of social media companies in the recent riots. Nevertheless, two men have already been jailed for posting criminal messages online related to the recent riots.

Still, according to one of Twitter's former chiefs, throwing the ledger at Mask may be the best idea:

“Mask may push angry tweets to the top of the timeline, but the will of a democratically elected government is more important than the anger of a tech oligarch. should mean more - even to him.