Overview
- Keir Starmer told Parliament that X is acting to ensure full compliance with UK law, and Elon Musk said Grok will refuse requests that would produce illegal images in any country where it operates.
- Ofcom opened a formal investigation after urgent contacts on January 5 and a January 9 deadline, examining whether X failed to protect UK users from non‑consensual intimate imagery and sexualised images of children.
- UK ministers said creating sexual deepfakes will become a criminal offence this week, and the government is considering measures targeting suppliers of deepfake tools.
- International pressure is growing as Indonesia and Malaysia blocked Grok and the European Commission ordered X to preserve Grok‑related documents through 2026, with authorities in India and France seeking explanations.
- X and xAI restricted Grok’s image features to paying subscribers and pledged stronger safeguards, a move critics in Downing Street and Parliament condemned as monetising abusive content.