Ofcom opens an investigation under the OSA into Grok over the sexualized deepfakes of women and kids being generated on X and threatens X with a ban or a fine
apnews.com/article/grok... Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk's Grok over sexualized AI imagesTruls Gulowsen /@trulsgulowsen:Indonesia, Malaysia, UK, France and others have banned or considered banning X - makes it even stranger for some governments (and media) to maintain it as public information channel — apnews.com/article/grok...Ryan Mac /@rmac:Musk has many supporters who see him as the protector of “free speech.” He's done a lot of personal branding to that
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Discussion
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@ofcom
@ofcom
on x
🧵 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 illegal content. ⬇️ 🔗 https://www.ofcom.org.uk/... [image]
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@prestonjbyrne
Preston Byrne
on x
Ofcom will, assuming it follows the template of prior investigations, have sent X a letter warning it of that investigation, threatening X's senior managers with arrest if they refuse to comply, and demanding X produce information without first getting a warrant.
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@lewis_goodall
Lewis Goodall
on x
NEW: @Ofcom has launches a formal investigation into X over the use of the Grok to manipulate images of women and remove their clothes. “We have decided to open a formal investigation to establish whether X has failed to comply with its legal obligations under the Online Safety
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@bluedotin
@bluedotin
on bluesky
(APNews) While Musk is not taking any steps to prevent his AI Grok from creating oversexualized AI Images, countries are beginning to block his AI engine. Stay tuned. — apnews.com/article/grok... Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk's Grok over sexu…
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@trulsgulowsen
Truls Gulowsen
on bluesky
Indonesia, Malaysia, UK, France and others have banned or considered banning X - makes it even stranger for some governments (and media) to maintain it as public information channel — apnews.com/article/grok...
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@rmac
Ryan Mac
on bluesky
Musk has many supporters who see him as the protector of “free speech.” He's done a lot of personal branding to that effect. But I suspect some of them would be uncomfortable with “free speech” encompassing the ability to create & share nonconsensual sexual material. — www.ny…
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@goodlawproject
@goodlawproject
on bluesky
Great to see Ofcom launch a formal investigation into X. It's crucial this doesn't stop at AI imagery, it must also cover the vast amount of other illegal content X isn't removing under the Online Safety Act — https://tinyurl.com/mr2syd99
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@annmemmott
Ann Memmott
on bluesky
www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet... Good. Let's hope it goes somewhere and doesn't fade to nothing after any, er, persuasion from very very rich people...
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@goodlawproject.org
Jolyon Maugham KC
on bluesky
We are pleased to see this from Ofcom www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safet.... However, it appears to have a main or exclusive focus on CSAM and there is a wide variety of other illegal content which X, in breach of its duties under the Online Safety Act, has failed to remove.
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@jamesdaustin
James Austin
on bluesky
There is nothing wrong per se with Ofcom's statement here - they're following the process they have to as soon as possible - but it does show how slow and bureaucratic state processes are compared to how the internet moves. — Makes it a far less effective regulator
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@wanderinggaia
Gaia Vince
on bluesky
Clearly illegal, so should be immediately shut down (as any other publication would be) while Ofcom launches its investigation...
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@mattburgess1
Matt Burgess
on bluesky
UK communications regulator has announced it's opening an official investigation into X over non-consensual imagery. This follows it getting in touch with X last week. — It's investigating on a host of grounds: from whether X has done proper risk assessments to failing to take…
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@appleinsider@mastodon.social
@appleinsider@mastodon.social
on mastodon
We know you're reading, Apple. For maybe the first time in the '20s, do the right thing by users instead of your shareholders and block the child porn factory that is X and Grok until they make changes. — https://appleinsider.com/...
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