Security Minister Jess Phillips has informed BBC's Newsnight that the “disinformation” unfold by Elon Musk is placing them “in danger”, however it’s “nothing” in comparison with the experiences of victims of abuse.
The tech billionaire and adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump labeled Phillips a “rape-genocide sympathizer” and mentioned she must be jailed.
Asked whether or not there had been an elevated risk to her personal security since her social media posts and whether or not safety measures had been taken to guard her, Phillips responded “Yes”.
She mentioned the expertise was “very, very, very exhausting”, however that she was “resigned to all the things in life that come with being a woman who fights violence against women and girls”.
She added, “I'm no stranger to people who don't know what they're talking about trying to silence women like me.”
Musk's intervention got here in response to Phillips rejecting the federal government's request to steer a public inquiry into youngster sexual abuse in Oldham – which sparked calls from the Conservatives and Reform UK for a nationwide inquiry into grooming gangs.
His determination was made in October, however was first reported by GB News in the beginning of the yr after which Musk raised it on his social media platform X.
Phillips defended the federal government's determination to not conduct a nationwide inquiry, arguing that native investigations, such because the one held in Telfordhad been more practical in bringing about change.
With inputs from BBC
