The U.K. government hit back at Elon Musk after the billionaire made controversial comments about riots - On Sunday, Musk replied to a post about the riots on X, the social media platform he owns, stating: “Civil war is inevitable.”

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However Ofcom, the regulator tasked with enforcing the law, is unable to take action against social media firms for harmful posts inciting the ongoing riots, as not all the powers from the act have come into force yet.

Ofcom has said it is moving quickly to implement the act so that it can be enforced as soon as possible.

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