Prince Harry appeared to criticise Elon Musk following the Southport riots in Britain as he and wife Meghan Markle began their four-day quasi-royal tour of Colombia.
The Duke of Sussex attacked misinformation on social media during a summit on digital responsibility and appeared to blame fake news for sparking the disorder.
Some 80 adults have so far been sentenced following violence which broke out in parts of the UK in the wake of three girls being murdered in Southport on July 29.
And Harry told an audience yesterday: ‘What happens online within a matter of minutes transfers to the streets. People are acting on information that isn’t true.’
He added that a lot of people were ‘scared and uncertain ‘about the potential impact of AI and that ‘education and awareness’ would be key to tacking misinformation.
X founder Musk has come under intense criticism for misinformation on his platform relating to the events, with the world’s richest man even falling victim to it after sharing a fake story about Sir Keir Starmer looking at detainment camps for rioters.
And Harry said: ‘It comes down to all of us to be able to spot the true from the fake. In an ideal world those with positions of influence would take more responsibility.
‘We are no longer debating facts. For as long as people are allowed to spread lies, abuse, harass, then social cohesion as we know it has completely broken down.’
Meghan also told how the ‘digital age has almost created a culture where if you don’t have anything cool to say, don’t say anything at all – and that is fundamentally changing how we move through the world, how we connect with each other’.
During the discussion, the Duchess was wearing a Cognac brown silk shirt worth £550, which she previously wore in 2020; Victoria Beckham Trousers worth £220; La Ligne ‘Divine’ shoes worth £620; and a Cartier Aquazurra Necklace worth £12,800.
Prince Harry and Meghan at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata in Bogota yesterday
Meghan Markle dances at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata in Bogota yesterday
Harry and Meghan at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata in Bogota yesterday
Prince Harry speaks during the Responsible Digital Future forum in Bogota yesterday
Harry and Meghan at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata in Bogota yesterday
Harry meets a dancer at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata in Bogota yesterday
Harry and Meghan with dancers at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata yesterday
Harry and Meghan watch dancers at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata yesterday
Harry and Meghan pose for a photo at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata yesterday
Harry and Meghan pose for a photo at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata yesterday
Harry and Meghan watch at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata in Bogota yesterday
Harry and Meghan with Colombia’s vice-president Francia Marquez and Rafael Yerney Pinillo
Meghan meets a dancer at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata in Bogota yesterday
Harry and Meghan at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata in Bogota yesterday
Harry and Meghan applaud at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata in Bogota yesterday
Harry and Meghan pose for a selfie at the Responsible Digital Future forum in Bogota
Harry meets a dancer at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata in Bogota yesterday
Harry and Meghan with dancers at Centro Nacional de las Artes Delia Zapata yesterday
