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Pornhub to stop new UK users accessing site from next week

Company cites impact of mandatory age checks introduced in summer 2025 under the Online Safety Act

The Guardian - UK

'Alien' Elon Musk Confesses To Being A '3000 Year Old Vampire' In Shock Online Post

Elon Musk claims he's an alien—and frustrated nobody believes him. Discover the billionaire's escalating extraterrestrial confessions, from Davos to his 3,000-year-old vampire reveal.

International Business Times UK

Life after Molly: Ian Russell on big tech, his daughter’s death – and why a social media ban won’t work

Molly Russell was just 14 when she took her own life in 2017, and an inquest later found negative online content was a significant factor. With many people now pushing for teenagers to be kept off tech platforms, her father explains why he backs a different approach

The Guardian - UK

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John Swinney urges Ofcom to reject STV plans to cut north of Scotland programme

The First Minister said the proposals would ‘set a damaging precedent and accelerate the decline of public interest journalism in Scotland’.

Evening Standard

Nandy intends to refer Daily Mail’s Telegraph takeover to regulators

Culture secretary ‘minded to’ intervene and ask Ofcom and CMA whether the £500m deal harms media plurality

The Guardian - UK

Alex Rodda Tragedy Highlights UK Online Safety Gaps as Social Media Murders Revisit the Case

Alex Rodda's 2019 murder continues to fuel debate over UK online safety laws, as renewed coverage highlights grooming risks and gaps in social media safeguards.

International Business Times UK

YouTube may have surpassed the BBC in viewer share, but that’s not the whole picture – a media expert explains

News this week from the Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board (BARB) that YouTube has surpassed the BBC in viewing share has been widely framed as a tipping point. Some read it as a final nail in the future of public service broadcasting in a platform-led age.

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X still allowing users to post sexualised images generated by Grok AI tool

Despite restrictions announced this week, Guardian reporters find standalone app continues to allow posting of nonconsensual content

The Guardian - UK

Criminals using AI to create ‘frightening’ number of child sexual abuse videos

Internet Watch Foundation found the majority of the AI-generated videos fell into Category A, the most extreme classification

The Independent UK

Public sceptical over new Grok safeguards as Ofcom launches investigation

The Independent asked the public how artificial intelligence should be regulated, as Elon Musk’s X introduced new safeguards on its AI chatbot Grok following pressure from UK regulators.

The Independent UK

What to know about UK legal changes aiming to regulate AI-generated nude images

U.K. officials say they are enforcing new laws to make creating online sexual images without consent illegal

The Independent UK

Grok AI: what do limits on tool mean for X, its users and UK media watchdog?

UK users will no longer be able to create sexualised images of real people using @Grok X account, with Grok app also expected to be restricted

The Guardian - UK

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

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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.

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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.

Evening Standard

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’

The Independent UK

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

TechRadar

‘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.

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The Guardian - UK

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

Tom’s Guide

“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.

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

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.

The Independent UK

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

International Business Times 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.

The Independent 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).

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