US EditionGrok faces more scrutiny over deepfakes as Irish regulator opens EU privacy investigation
The inquiry targets X's compliance with GDPR after Grok generated sexualized deepfake images, including of children, risking fines up to 4% of global revenue, Ireland's DPC said.
- On February 17, 2026, Ireland's Data Protection Commission opened a formal investigation into X's AI chatbot Grok over personal data processing and potential sexualised images of children, notifying X on Monday.
- After media reports earlier this month, X's image-editing tool Grok was used to digitally undress images of women and children and flooded X last month with AI-altered, near-nude images, drawing further regulatory attention despite curbs.
- The probe was opened under section 110 of the Data Protection Act 2018, with Mr Doyle stating, `As the Lead Supervisory Authority for XIUC across the EU/EEA, the DPC has commenced a large-scale inquiry which will examine XIUC's compliance with some of their fundamental obligations under the GDPR in relation to the matters at hand.`
- Regulators say investigations will continue for several months, and X could face fines of up to 4% of global annual turnover or 20 million euros if found in breach.
- With Brussels and London already investigating, Ireland's Data Protection Commission leads as the EU regulator, amid French raids and UK inquiries into X's Grok AI.
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Ireland opens new data protection probe into Grok for deepfakes
Country’s Data Protection Commission says inquiry concerns ‘apparent creation, and publication on the X platform, of potentially harmful, non-consensual intimate and/or sexualized images’ - Anadolu Ajansı
Due to the processing of personal data as well as sexualised AI images and videos, including children, the Irish Data Protection Commission DPC has launched a formal investigation against the AI Chatbot Grok of Elon Musk's Short News Service X. The aim is to determine whether X has complied with its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation. The decision to initiate the investigation was notified to X on Monday, the DPC informed i…
The EU's privacy watchdog is investigating X over sexualized AI images
An EU privacy watchdog is investigating X.Pablo VERA / AFP via Getty ImagesAn Irish data privacy watchdog is the latest to launch a probe into X.Several foreign agencies are investigating reports of Grok generating sexualized AI images.Countries like Indonesia and Malaysia temporarily blocked access to the chatbot in January.X is facing mounting criticism from foreign watchdogs over its generative AI chatbot, Grok.The Irish Data Protection Commi…
The DPC, Ireland's independent data protection authority, acting on behalf of the EU, has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's chatbot Grok for breaches of GDPR.
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