US EditionElon Musk Labels UK Government ‘Fascist’ as X Faces Possible Ban Amid Grok Image Controversy
UK government backs Ofcom's potential ban on X after AI assistant Grok produced sexualised images of minors, with thousands of such images found on the platform, watchdogs say.
- On Jan 9, Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said Ofcom should use its `full legal powers` and warned the UK government could `block services from being accessed in the UK`, pledging `full support` if it bans X.
- The Internet Watch Foundation and UK watchdog found Grok, xAI's integrated AI assistant, created sexualised images of women and girls aged between 11 and 13 on the dark web after a safeguards lapse.
- The European Commission called the service illegal and asked X to retain records under the Digital Services Act, while David Lammy said JD Vance agreed the content was `entirely unacceptable`.
- X responded by limiting image-generation to paying users, and watchdogs said the dark-web images meet the bar for law enforcement action, raising prospects of criminal probes.
- The scale of non-consensual AI images suggests X hosts thousands of such images each hour, while Elon Musk called the UK government a `prison island` and accused it of trying to `suppress free speech` earlier this week.
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For the first time, the British government is openly considering a complete ban on Platform X. The trigger is the use of the AI tool "Grok ... The Post Sexualized AI Images at Grok: The UK apparently checks complete blocking of X appeared first on Apollo News.
UK accused of being as bad as Russia over free speech in Musk X row
Diplomatic tensions have heightened between the US and Downing Street after Donald Trump’s free speech tsar compared the UK’s threats to ban X to Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Sarah Rogers, under-secretary for public diplomacy at the US State Department, accused ministers of wanting to usher in a “Russia-style ban” of the social media platform over its deepfake pictures. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said the Government would back regulator Ofcom …
Elon Musk sharply criticizes the British government for controlling its AI Grok, which creates sexualized deep-fake images. The media agency Ofcom investigates possible violations. Indonesia blocks access to X.
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