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Gary Neville receives huge Ofcom backlash after fans take exception to commentary

Sky Sports' Gary Neville has found himself in hot water with the UK's broadcasting watchdog

FourFourTwo

Gary Neville comments during Arsenal game trigger 576 complaints to Ofcom

The complaints were reportedly prompted by Neville’s fierce criticism of Gabriel Martinelli for pushing the injured Conor Bradley.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk’s X restricts Grok photo editing amid concerns about sexualised images

Ofcom had earlier launched an investigation over reports Grok was allowing users to manipulate images of women and children.

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Elon Musk’s X to stop Grok AI undressing images of real people following huge backlash

Elon Musk’s company says it has imposed restrictions on ‘editing of images of real people in revealing clothing such as bikinis’

Evening Standard

Gary Neville ‘whack him’ comments about Gabriel Martinelli spark almost 600 Ofcom complaints

Neville was reacting to the Arsenal winger’s incident with Liverpool’s Conor Bradley

The Independent UK

‘It will refuse to produce anything illegal’: Elon Musk rails against Grok backlash, but UK Prime Minister says ‘we’re not going to back down’

X CEO Elon Musk disputes image generation charges leveled at Grok AI.

TechRadar

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 images

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“I’m not aware of it”: Elon Musk responds to naked underage image Grok controversy

Elon Musk's X is in hot water as the company battles with UK regulators over a sexual image scandal.

Tom’s Guide

Starmer ‘won’t back down’ in fight with Musk’s X over Grok AI sexualised images

‘We’ve made it clear that X has to act,’ the prime minister says

The Independent UK

X is acting to comply with UK law, Keir Starmer tells MPs amid Grok row

The PM said news the social media company was taking action on concerns Grok was producing sexualised images of women and children was welcome.

Evening Standard

An opportunity or a threat? How YouTube rose and rose to overtake the BBC

YouTube has officially dethroned the BBC with its enormous British viewing figures, after surpassing ITV last summer

The Independent UK

Grok Is Signed Up For Pentagon Use Despite Global Outcry For Sexual Exploitation

The US Department of Defence plans to use Elon Musk's Grok AI chatbot in military networks, sparking controversy amid global outcry over the tool's role in generating sexualised and deepfake content.

International Business Times UK

Watch live: Ministers questioned over Grok AI row as Keir Starmer vows to end abuse on X

Watch live as technology secretary Liz Kendall and culture secretary Lisa Nandy are questioned over AI and copyright on Tuesday (13 January).

The Independent UK

Labour’s first ‘Twitter tsar’ says ministers should get off ‘cesspit’ X immediately

Kerry McCarthy says X had ‘gone too far’ after its AI tool Grok was found to have been used to ‘undress’ images of people without consent and sexualise women and children

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The Guardian - UK

Can X be banned under UK law and what are the other options?

UK media regulator is investigating whether X has breached the Online Safety Act – what could happen next?

Evening Standard

Musk ‘ideologically committed’ to pushing free speech boundaries – Louise Haigh

The former minister also said the British lawmaking process is not fit for purpose when it comes to regulating new technology.

International Business Times UK

'If X Can't Control Grok, We Will' — UK Signals End of Self-Regulation for Musk's Platform

The UK is activating laws to criminalise AI-generated deepfakes following a crackdown on Elon Musk's Grok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned X could lose its self-regulatory status if it fails to curb digital abuse.

Euronews

From bans to probes: Which countries are taking aim at Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot?

Global crackdown: These nations are restricting or speaking out against Grok over non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes

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Evening Standard

Creating non-consensual sexual images to become illegal amid Grok AI backlash

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology did not specify which day it would come into effect.

The Independent UK

Labour MP ‘baffled’ government still uses X after minister calls Grok’s sexualised images ‘weapons of abuse’

Charlotte Nichols calls on technology secretary to set out ‘red line’ social media firms must cross before government switches to alternative platforms

Tom’s Hardware

Grok targeted in UK law over sexually-explicit AI image generation — UK will begin prosecuting illegal prompting this week

The UK is making it a crime to generate or request AI-made explicit content from this week, following the ban on sharing deepfakes. The region's communications regulator, Ofcom, is also looking into Grok, investigating the service formally to see if it "has complied with its duties to protect people."

Evening Standard

Starmer warns X that if it cannot control Grok, ‘we will’

It comes as media watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether the social media platform has breached UK law.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on regulating big tech: politicians must back Ofcom’s challenge to Musk

Editorial: A flood of non-consensual deepfake bikini shots on X is putting the UK’s Online Safety Act to the test

Fortune

U.K. investigation into X over AI deepfakes risks igniting a US-Europe free speech battle

The U.K.'s online safety regulator has opened a formal investigation into X over allegedly illegal deepfakes created by its Grok AI chatbot.

TechRadar

'No company can stop nude AI images – but we’re the only ones being honest about it' — British AI rival to ChatGPT bans under-18s and refuses image generation over safety concerns

A UK AI rival to ChatGPT warns that nude image generation can’t be made safe as Elon Musk’s Grok faces regulatory backlash over sexualized AI images.

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