Keir Starmer issues eerie warning to Twitter/X amid Grok row | The National

KEIR Starmer has warned Elon Musk’s Twitter/X that if it cannot control Grok “we will” and said the social media site could lose the “right to self regulate”. It comes as media watchdog Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether the social media platform has breached UK law over reports that its chatbot Grok was used to create and share sexualised images of children. The Technology Secretary meanwhile told MPs that creating non-consensual intimate images will become a criminal offence this week and described sexualised images created by AI as “weapons of abuse”. READ MORE: Police probe after ‘racist’ far-right protest targets Scottish army barracks Addressing a meeting of backbenchers at the Parliamentary Labour Party, the Prime Minister said: “The actions of Grok and X are absolutely disgusting and shameful. “Protecting their abusive users, rather than the women and children who are being abused shows a total distortion of priorities. “So let me be crystal clear, we won’t stand for it, because no matter how unstable or complex the world becomes, this Government will be guided by its values. We’ll stand up for the vulnerable against the powerful. “If X cannot control Grok, we will – and we’ll do it
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