The change in relationship has been noted by researchers monitoring hate speech.
“It is unusual that Elon Musk has been silent about the upcoming Unite the Kingdom rally given his past vocal support of Tommy Robinson and UK far-right politics,” Dr Eviane Leidig, a director at the Center for the Study of Organized Hate said, in comments echoed by Dr Aaron Winter, a professor of Sociology at Lancaster University who specialises in the far-right.