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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker Senior political correspondent

Lib Dems call on Reform MPs to donate income from X to charity amid Grok row

Nigel Farage and Richard Tice
Nigel Farage and Richard Tice made thousands from their posts on X in 2025, according to the register of MPs’ interests. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

The Liberal Democrats have urged Reform UK MPs who receive payment from X for their posts to donate the money to charities working to combat sexual exploitation, after the site was flooded with AI-generated sexualised images of women and children.

The Lib Dem spokesperson for science, innovation and technology, Victoria Collins, said Nigel Farage and other MPs paid by the Elon Musk-owned site were receiving “tainted money”.

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