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AI chatbots: the case for action
AI chatbots have fast become an area of serious concern on both an individual and societal level, uniting a broad range of organisations in calls for urgent Government action. Over the last few months...
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🆕 Research brief published today detailing mounting evidence on harm caused by #AIChatbots. Thanks to all the organisations who've contributed to recent discussions on this.
💡 More on what the Govt should do about this to follow in the New Year. www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/ai-...
💡 More on what the Govt should do about this to follow in the New Year. www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/ai-...
Transcript of yesterday's statement on X and subsequent Commons debate here. Good to see the cross-party consensus about the seriousness of the issue, the Govt's action and the need for speed from Ofcom - with one very notable exception. 👇🏻 #onlinesafetyact
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Social Media: Non-consensual Sexual Deepfakes - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : 'Social Media: Non-consensual Sexual Deepfakes' on Monday 12 January 2026.
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January 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Transcript of yesterday's statement on X and subsequent Commons debate here. Good to see the cross-party consensus about the seriousness of the issue, the Govt's action and the need for speed from Ofcom - with one very notable exception. 👇🏻 #onlinesafetyact
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Keir Starmer hasn’t posted on X since 8th Jan, when the government first intervened in the Grok AI images scandal (but has posted on Facebook and Instagram in that period)
January 12, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Keir Starmer hasn’t posted on X since 8th Jan, when the government first intervened in the Grok AI images scandal (but has posted on Facebook and Instagram in that period)
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Shad Tech Sec, Julia Lopez MP, despite (apparently) agreeing with gov't online portection aim, started a BIZARRE apologia/whatabout over X that equated Grok to "crude drawings", drew in Iran, rape gangs, immigration, trans rights, and even blamed children for "sharing their images too freely". 👀 ~AA
January 12, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Shad Tech Sec, Julia Lopez MP, despite (apparently) agreeing with gov't online portection aim, started a BIZARRE apologia/whatabout over X that equated Grok to "crude drawings", drew in Iran, rape gangs, immigration, trans rights, and even blamed children for "sharing their images too freely". 👀 ~AA
Ministerial statement on X now confirmed for this afternoon: whatson.parliament.uk
What's on - UK Parliament
Find out what's on in Parliament. Day by day events for the House of Commons, House of Lords and Committees.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Ministerial statement on X now confirmed for this afternoon: whatson.parliament.uk
@ofcom.bsky.social has launched an investigation into X. What happens next? Here's our expert legal adviser, Prof Lorna Woods OBE, on exactly that question. #onlinesafetyact www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/ofc...
Ofcom launches investigation into X: what happens next?
Ofcom has today announced an investigation into X following what the regulator calls “deeply concerning reports of the Grok AI chatbot account on X being used to create and share undressed images of p...
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January 12, 2026 at 1:45 PM
@ofcom.bsky.social has launched an investigation into X. What happens next? Here's our expert legal adviser, Prof Lorna Woods OBE, on exactly that question. #onlinesafetyact www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/ofc...
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We've launched an investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery.
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
January 12, 2026 at 11:50 AM
We've launched an investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery.
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
We've opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act, to determine whether it has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.
🔗 www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet...
Happy Monday, everyone. Will @ofcom.bsky.social take robust #onlinesafetyact enforcement action on X? Will Ministers stand up to Musk? We can't help with those predictions. But our newsletter can bring you right up to speed with where we are this morning. ⬇️
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January 12, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Happy Monday, everyone. Will @ofcom.bsky.social take robust #onlinesafetyact enforcement action on X? Will Ministers stand up to Musk? We can't help with those predictions. But our newsletter can bring you right up to speed with where we are this morning. ⬇️
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As covered by @politico.com #MorningTech, we've written to the PM to call on him to end the use of X for Government communications in light of the appalling generation of sexualised images of women and girls via the platform's #Grok chatbot. Read more here⬇️
www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/let...
www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/let...
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
As covered by @politico.com #MorningTech, we've written to the PM to call on him to end the use of X for Government communications in light of the appalling generation of sexualised images of women and girls via the platform's #Grok chatbot. Read more here⬇️
www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/let...
www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/let...
Op-ed from #DSIT Secretary of State Liz Kendall in the Telegraph: "This is a moment for MPs on all sides of the House to stand up for decency and call out platforms which allow explicit, degrading and illegal content. It’s time to choose a side."⬇️ #onlinesafetyact
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
Sexual deepfakes are a disgrace – and we won’t stand for it
This Government is as determined to ensure women and girls are safe online as we are to ensure they are safe in the real world
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January 11, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Op-ed from #DSIT Secretary of State Liz Kendall in the Telegraph: "This is a moment for MPs on all sides of the House to stand up for decency and call out platforms which allow explicit, degrading and illegal content. It’s time to choose a side."⬇️ #onlinesafetyact
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...
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Dame Caroline Dinenage tells the BBC that "there are doubts as to whether the #onlinesafetyact actually has the power to regulate functionality." It does. But @ofcom.bsky.social chose not to use it - writing a set of weak codes and promising further iterations idc. 1/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says outcry over X's Grok service is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
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January 10, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Dame Caroline Dinenage tells the BBC that "there are doubts as to whether the #onlinesafetyact actually has the power to regulate functionality." It does. But @ofcom.bsky.social chose not to use it - writing a set of weak codes and promising further iterations idc. 1/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images reut.rs/4jvw0JI
Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images
Indonesia temporarily blocked Elon Musk's Grok chatbot on Saturday due to the risk of AI-generated pornographic content, becoming the first country to deny access to the AI tool.
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January 10, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Grok over sexualised images reut.rs/4jvw0JI
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It seems like everyone think that Ofcom has the power to take down X, except Ofcom...
'Ofcom does have the powers to temporarily take down X and I think that is a power that should be used given the seriousness of the issue'
Munira Wilson from the Liberal Democrats tells #BBCBreakfast
Munira Wilson from the Liberal Democrats tells #BBCBreakfast
January 10, 2026 at 9:43 AM
It seems like everyone think that Ofcom has the power to take down X, except Ofcom...
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Organisationally we intentionally speak to the positive but that is consistently tempered in our current macro environment - we are challenged daily in the divisive, algorithmically charged world and that is taking its toll on women. There is a lot to do to Fix the System. This will help.
January 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Organisationally we intentionally speak to the positive but that is consistently tempered in our current macro environment - we are challenged daily in the divisive, algorithmically charged world and that is taking its toll on women. There is a lot to do to Fix the System. This will help.
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I have not personally used X/Twitter for some time now. It was already an unpleasant place prior to its takeover by Elon Musk but since his acceptance of hate speech and anonymous online abusers, it has become utterly unusable.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I have not personally used X/Twitter for some time now. It was already an unpleasant place prior to its takeover by Elon Musk but since his acceptance of hate speech and anonymous online abusers, it has become utterly unusable.
As covered by @politico.com #MorningTech, we've written to the PM to call on him to end the use of X for Government communications in light of the appalling generation of sexualised images of women and girls via the platform's #Grok chatbot. Read more here⬇️
www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/let...
www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/let...
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
As covered by @politico.com #MorningTech, we've written to the PM to call on him to end the use of X for Government communications in light of the appalling generation of sexualised images of women and girls via the platform's #Grok chatbot. Read more here⬇️
www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/let...
www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/let...
The Government has been pointing the finger at @ofcom.bsky.social all week (to no avail) when challenged on the need for action on Grok. But in the meantime it shows no sign of bringing the new offence of sharing sexually explicit deepfakes into force. #onlinesafetyact
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government accused of dragging its heels on deepfake law over Grok AI
The End Violence Against Women Coalition said it had been a year since the inital law was suggested
www.bbc.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The Government has been pointing the finger at @ofcom.bsky.social all week (to no avail) when challenged on the need for action on Grok. But in the meantime it shows no sign of bringing the new offence of sharing sexually explicit deepfakes into force. #onlinesafetyact
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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💯 this from @lewisgoodall.com @newsagents.bsky.social "The calculation [the Government] has made is that the dignity of potentially thousands, if not more, of women, girls, children is a price worth paying not to piss off Trump and Musk." #vawg #onlinesafetyact
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
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The News Agents - Podcast Episode | Global Player
Why has President Trump seized a Russian oil tanker?
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January 8, 2026 at 9:54 AM
💯 this from @lewisgoodall.com @newsagents.bsky.social "The calculation [the Government] has made is that the dignity of potentially thousands, if not more, of women, girls, children is a price worth paying not to piss off Trump and Musk." #vawg #onlinesafetyact
www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/epi...
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New with @regret.bsky.social: Grok’s creation of harmful “undress” images is relentless.
Even today, after days of scrutiny, Grok was churning out ‘bikini’ and underwear images of women every few seconds.
Researchers estimate that Grok has become the biggest creator of sexualized deepfake images
Even today, after days of scrutiny, Grok was churning out ‘bikini’ and underwear images of women every few seconds.
Researchers estimate that Grok has become the biggest creator of sexualized deepfake images
Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream
Paid tools that “strip” clothes from photos have been available on the darker corners of the internet for years. Elon Musk's X is now removing barriers to entry—and making the results public.
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January 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
New with @regret.bsky.social: Grok’s creation of harmful “undress” images is relentless.
Even today, after days of scrutiny, Grok was churning out ‘bikini’ and underwear images of women every few seconds.
Researchers estimate that Grok has become the biggest creator of sexualized deepfake images
Even today, after days of scrutiny, Grok was churning out ‘bikini’ and underwear images of women every few seconds.
Researchers estimate that Grok has become the biggest creator of sexualized deepfake images
🆕Must-read analysis from our expert legal adviser, Prof Lorna Woods OBE, on #grok, criminal offences, the civil law and the #onlinesafetyact ⬇️ www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/gro...
Grok: criminal offences, the civil law and the Online Safety Act
This analysis by Prof Lorna Woods OBE looks at the use of Grok, X’s AI tool, to create non-consensual, sexually explicit images of women and girls, the possible criminal offences that users might comm...
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January 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM
🆕Must-read analysis from our expert legal adviser, Prof Lorna Woods OBE, on #grok, criminal offences, the civil law and the #onlinesafetyact ⬇️ www.onlinesafetyact.net/analysis/gro...
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Things stepping up.
ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.
ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.
January 6, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Things stepping up.
ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.
ICCL and Digital Rights Ireland have written to the Garda Commissioner calling for an urgent investigation of X.
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Good to see a Cabinet Minister call the unlawful sexual harassment on X "appalling": She backs Ofcom "to take any enforcement action it deems necessary". Ofcom asked X to urgently advise on how it is protecting users from its own production of unlawful content at scale www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government demands Musk's X deals with 'appalling' Grok AI
Grok is being used to digitally remove women's clothing - something victims describe as
www.bbc.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Good to see a Cabinet Minister call the unlawful sexual harassment on X "appalling": She backs Ofcom "to take any enforcement action it deems necessary". Ofcom asked X to urgently advise on how it is protecting users from its own production of unlawful content at scale www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has generated a flood of sexualized images of women and minors posted to the social media platform X. Regulators around the world are responding by opening inquiries, demanding takedowns, and threatening legal action. Tech Policy Press is tracking such responses.
Tracking Regulator Responses to the Grok 'Undressing' Controversy | TechPolicy.Press
Regulators around the world are responding by opening inquiries, demanding takedowns, and threatening legal action against Elon Musk's company.
www.techpolicy.press
January 6, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok has generated a flood of sexualized images of women and minors posted to the social media platform X. Regulators around the world are responding by opening inquiries, demanding takedowns, and threatening legal action. Tech Policy Press is tracking such responses.
Excellent op-ed in the Times today from the BCS's Sharron Gunn on the #Grok scandal. ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
January 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Excellent op-ed in the Times today from the BCS's Sharron Gunn on the #Grok scandal. ⬇️ www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...