Child abuse material ‘systemic’ on Elon Musk’s X amid Grok scandal, Australian online safety regulator warned

<p><strong>Exclusive: </strong>eSafety commission pointed to Musk’s promise that ‘removing child exploitation is priority #1’ in letter obtained by Guardian Australia</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/17/bowen-rba-interest-rates-decision-cost-of-living-inflation-fuel-price-shortages-petrol-jim-chalmers-economy-war-iran-anthony-albanese-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>The Australian online safety regulator warned Elon Musk’s X amid the Grok sexualised image generation scandal that it found child abuse material was “particularly systemic” on X and more accessible than on “any other mainstream service”, correspondence obtained by Guardian Australia reveals.</p><p>The eSafety commissioner wrote to X in January after its chatbot, Grok, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/13/grok-x-anthony-albanese-australia-politicians-condemn-post-platform">was used to generate sexualised images of women and children online</a>, which the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, described as “abhorrent”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/17/x-csam-child-abuse-material-grok-australian-online-safety-regulator-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>

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