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

UK threatens action against X over sexualised AI images of women and children

Double exposure photograph of a portrait of Elon Musk and a hand holding a smartphone displaying the Grok logo
The UK government has warned that X could be blocked after Grok AI was used to create sexual images without consent. Illustration: Vincent Feuray/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images

Elon Musk’s X “is not doing enough to keep its customers safe online”, a minister has said, as the UK government prepares to outline possible action against the platform over the mass production of sexualised images of woman and children.

Peter Kyle, the business secretary, said the government would fully support any action taken by Ofcom, the media regulator, against X – including the possibility that the platform could be blocked in the UK.

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