Man falsely accused of murder by Tommy Robinson calls for tighter rules on X

Abdul Hai was acquitted by a jury after the judge said there was no evidence that he was among the group that had killed Richard Everitt. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

A man falsely accused of murder by Tommy Robinson on X has called for legislation to control Elon Musk’s social media website, arguing it has become a “platform for racism, bigotry, bias, prejudice and disinformation”.

Abdul Hai, who was acquitted of murdering the teenager Richard Everitt in 1994, told the Guardian that he is considering legal action against the social media site formerly known as Twitter, after Robinson, a far-right agitator, posted that he had been convicted of the crime.