4 h. ago Musk v Starmer: will UK ban X over Grok nudification? | The Latest

The UK government is threatening Elon Musk’s X with a ban. The social media platform is under pressure from ministers over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of women and children to remove their clothes. Ofcom, the UK’s media regulator, has launched an investigation into X – and the government says it will support a ban if Ofcom decides to press ahead. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Watch live: Ministers questioned over Grok AI row as Keir Starmer vows to end abuse on X

Watch live as technology secretary Liz Kendall and culture secretary Lisa Nandy are questioned over AI and copyright on Tuesday (13 January).

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15 h. ago Will X be banned in the UK after Grok deepfake row and how would it happen?

The regulator has a range of powers to tackle illegal content on social media platforms

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22 h. ago Starmer warns Elon Musk if he cannot control nude deepfakes then 'we will' after AI chatbot Grok was used to 'undress' women and children

Keir Starmer last night warned Elon Musk to shut down an AI tool allowing users to create 'disgusting' images on his social media site, saying: 'If X cannot control Grok, we will.'

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24 h. ago Labour MP ‘baffled’ government still uses X after minister calls Grok’s sexualised images ‘weapons of abuse’

Charlotte Nichols calls on technology secretary to set out ‘red line’ social media firms must cross before government switches to alternative platforms

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25 h. ago Elon Musk’s inhuman AI is stripping women of their most fundamental rights

Editorial: It is entirely right that Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, should put the safety of women and girls first and protect them from the ‘hyper-pornographied slop’ pumped out by the Silicon Valley giants

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27 h. ago UK Grok ban live: Starmer threatens Musk over X’s ‘absolutely disgusting’ actions over AI deepfakes

Ofcom investigates social media platform over sexualised images made by its chatbot

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29 h. ago UK Grok ban live: New criminal offence to tackle AI deepfakes, Liz Kendall announces, as Ofcom investigates X

Technology secretary labels sexualised images as ‘weapons of abuse’ and accuses Elon Musk’s social media platform of ‘monetising abuse’

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30 h. ago Sexualised images created by AI chatbot Grok are 'weapons of abuse,' says minister in clash with Elon Musk

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall told MPs that creating non-consensual intimate images will become a criminal offence from this week

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33 h. ago UK Grok ban live: X under formal Ofcom investigation over ‘deeply concerning’ deepfakes row

Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into X over sexually explicit AI images on platform

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34 h. ago Ban on Elon Musk's X by Ofcom would have Government's full support, says No10 in storm over Grok sexual images

Business Secretary Peter Kyle slammed as ‘disgusting’ that women were being digitally undressed to be pictured in bikinis

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35 h. ago Hit Musk X with 'full extent of law,' minister urges Ofcom as it starts probe into Grok sexual images storm

Business Secretary Peter Kyle slammed as ‘disgusting’ that women were being digitally pictured in bikinis

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35 h. ago UK Grok ban live: Ofcom launches investigation into Musk’s X over ‘deeply concerning’ deepfakes row

Ofcom has launched a formal investigation into X

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36 h. ago Hit Musk's X with 'full extent of law,' minister urges Ofcom as it starts probe into Grok sexual images storm

Business Secretary Peter Kyle slammed as ‘disgusting’ that women were being digitally pictured in bikinis

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36 h. ago UK prepared to BAN X over its Grok AI being used to create child abuse images despite Elon Musk labelling move 'fascist'

The business secretary said he expected the production of 'nudifying images' to be 'dealt with', saying they were 'disgusting and clearly unlawful'.

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36 h. ago Indonesia and Malaysia block Musk’s Grok over sexualised images

Officials say ban is to ‘protect women, children and the broader public’ from the mass production of AI-generated pornographic content

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37 h. ago UK Grok ban live: Government to give update on X deepfake row after Musk lashes out over Ofcom probe

The government is due to provide an update on X’s deepfake row on Monday

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38 h. ago Hit Elon Musk's X with 'full extent of the law,' Cabinet minister urges Ofcom amid Grok sexual images storm

Business Secretary Peter Kyle slammed as ‘disgusting’ that women were being digitally pictured in bikinis

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38 h. ago Two countries become first to block X over Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok

Regulators said existing controls were not preventing the creation and spread of fake pornographic

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45 h. ago Trump's free speech tsar compares UK to Putin's Russia over threats to ban X 'to protect Brits from AI bikini pictures'

Sarah Rogers, President Donald Trump's free speech tsar, has compared the United Kingdom's threat to block X to Vladimir Putin's Russia.

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