Welsh MP accuses Nigel Farage of siding with tech billionaires over child safety amid deepfake abuse scandal

Campaign win: Deepfake abuse offence to be brought into force | End Violence Against Women

This week (12th January 2026) the government announced it would finally bring the new deepfake abuse offence into force, one year after it was initially announced – following our successful campaign with survivor Jodie*, campaign group #NotYourPorn, Professor Clare McGlynn and Glamour UK. We were also pleased to see that Ofcom is investigating social media platform X over whether it has broken laws under the Online Safety Act, after its AI tool …

Inappropriate AI-generated images of children and women shared on X, but Farage defends Musk

During PMQs today (Wednesday 14 January) Plaid Cymru's Llinos Medi MP criticised Nigel Farage for defending Elon Musk, the owner of X, the platform on which AI-generated sexualised images of children and women were shared. Ms Medi said that anyone who defends platforms linked to the sexual exploitation of children 'forfeits any right' to give lectures about protecting women and

Welsh MP accuses Nigel Farage of siding with tech billionaires over child safety amid deepfake abuse scandal

Plaid Cymru Energy spokesperson, Llinos Medi. Photo Plaid Cymru A Plaid Cymru MP has accused Nigel Farage of “putting tech billionaires ahead of protecting women and children” as the escalating online abuse crisis involving AI-generated sexual imagery was addressed at Westminster. During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (14 January), Ynys Môn MP Llinos Medi delivered a powerful warning following the discovery that Elon Musk’s social media…