Why cases of child abuse by 'Pakistani rape gangs' not a bigger issue for UK media, asks Elon Musk

Billionaire Elon Musk has launched a tirade against UK government over its alleged mishandling of child sexual abuse cases

Billionaire Elon Musk continued his tirade against the UK government and Prime Minister Keir Starmer over the recent allegations of child sexual abuse, questioning the role of the media.

Responding to a post on X, which asked why the case was not becoming a bigger issue for the media despite “British police knowing about the grooming rape gangs”, Musk said, “Good question. And this happened on a massive scale. Genocidal rape.”

Good question. And this happened on a massive scale. Genocidal rape. https://t.co/IBnnb5UMtF Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 4, 2025

Musk has claimed Starmer was “complicit in the rape of Britain” and should face charges for his role as UK’s chief prosecutor during a child sex abuse scandal. In fact, in that role from 2008 to 2013, it was Starmer who began the prosecution of so-called grooming gangs in British towns.

Recently there have been a number of probes into the systematic rape of young women by organized groups, including in cities such as Rotherham, Rochdale, Cornwall, Derbyshire and Bristol, according to BBC.

The report said these allegations of sexual abuse of children by “grooming gangs” have fuelled far-right campaigns that accuses men of Pakistani origin for these cases of abuse.

The news agency also said a Rotherham inquiry had found around 1,400 children were sexually abused over a period of 16 years, mostly by British Pakistani men.

However, a probe in Telford revealed that nearly 1,000 young girls were abused over a period of 40 years, but some of the cases were not investigated due to a “nervousness about race".