X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images
New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual imagesElon Musk’s X is understood to have told the government it is acting to comply with UK law, after nearly a fortnight of public outcry at the use of its AI tool...
<p>New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual images</p><p>Elon Musk’s X is understood to have told the government it is acting to comply with UK law, after nearly a fortnight of public outcry at the use of its AI tool <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/grok-ai">Grok</a> to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/08/grok-x-nonconsensual-images">manipulate images of women and children</a> by removing their clothes.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/keir-starmer">Keir Starmer</a> told the House of Commons on Wednesday that photographs generated by Grok had been “disgusting” and “shameful”, but said he had been informed “X is acting to ensure full compliance with UK law”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/14/x-acting-to-comply-with-uk-law-after-outcry-over-sexualised-images">Continue reading...</a>
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