A key figure from Donald Trump’s administration has compared the British government’s threats against social media platform X to Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Sarah Rogers, the US State Department’s under-secretary for public diplomacy, drew the parallel during a series of messages criticising the UK.
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has indicated government support for regulator Ofcom to ban X in the UK, citing concerns over its AI, Grok, generating deepfake images. Tech tycoon Elon Musk, owner of Grok’s creator xAI and the X platform, has since branded the UK government "fascist" and accused it of curbing free speech, following heightened ministerial threats to block his website.
