‘Take it down!’ Nigel Farage demands Elon Musk removes terror video watched by Southport killer

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has called on Elon Musk to remove a harrowing video watched by Axel Rudakabana from X.

Rudakabana, who was this week sentenced to 52-years in prison, watched violent footage from an attack on a Sydney bishop in April 2024 before he murdered three girls last July.

Despite repeated requests for X to remove the video, the footage is still available on Musk’s social media website.

Putting pressure on Musk today, Farage said that “all terrorist material” should be removed from social media platforms.

Asked on LBC whether X should take down the video, Farage said: “All terrorist material, of course, should be taken down.”

He added: “If you tell me it’s still there, it should come down. Of course it should.”

Rudakabuna searched the social media platform for the term “Mar Mari Emmanuel stabbing” six minutes before he got into a taxi ahead of his horrific killing spree.

Google, Microsoft and TikTok removed the video from their platforms after being informally approached by regulator eSafety.

eSafety provided an update on its efforts to remove the footage on Friday.

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In a statement, eSafety said: “Research and the experience of law enforcement in Australia and internationally has shown a clear link between extreme, graphic violent material and harm to children, not to mention instances of real-world violence or attempted violence.”

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper also called on social media platforms to remove the video.

In a letter, which was co-written by Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, Cooper said: “The ease of access to such dangerous, illegal content is unacceptable.”

She added: “We must prevent further unlawful access to instructional material by those wishing to do harm to the United Kingdom.”

However, Farage’s comments come after a rift emerged between the Reform UK leader and X owner over Tommy Robinson.

Musk had reportedly been contemplating making a multi-million pound donation to the populist party but later demanded Farage step aside as Reform UK’s leader.

Despite Musk’s comments earlier this month, Farage told GB News that the issues between the pair have been ironed out.

Speaking to the People’s Channel ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, Farage said: “I’ve been chatting with Elon over the past couple of days. There’s no problem there.”

During this morning’s LBC interview, Farage also said he had no confidence in the public inquiry ordered by Sir Keir Starmer to investigate the Southport stabbings.

Just days after calling for head of the Crown Prosecution Service Stephen Parkinson to resign, Farage said: “No. None. I wonder how long it’ll take. Six years, seven years? Because that was the argument Keir Starmer gave about a grooming gang’s full inquiry.

“Oh, we can’t do that. It’ll take seven years. This looks to me to be another attempt to kick the can down the road.”