Elon Musk’s ‘toxic’ X/Twitter banned by town council over Grok AI ‘nudes’ – Yahoo News UK

Marazion town council in Cornwall has formally banned the use of X/Twitter by its councillors and staff. Marazion Town Council thinks it is the first of 213 councils in Cornwall to ban the use of Elon Musk’s social media platform as a tool to publicise what it is doing or to chat with residents. As part of a full council meeting this week, a motion was passed on a majority decision by councillors to prohibit X (formerly Twitter) from being used. It was felt that using the platform for anything that the council wanted to promote went against both the local authority’s and the town’s “beliefs around tolerance, respect and inclusiveness”. Part of the reasoning was cited as the platform’s Grok AI feature which has been under fire worldwide for being used to ‘undress’ women and create and share ‘nude’ photos of famous women. The motion was tabled by Cllr Richard Stokoe. He said he made the move “because X/Twitter continues to use sexploitation, and especially child sexual exploitation, through the manipulation of images to undress people to make money. “Yes, there is always the right of free speech but free speech can be done in places which aren’t making
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