UK ministers threaten possible ban for X after Grok tool is used to make sexual images of women and children without their consent

Government efforts to clamp down on the creation of deepfake sexualised images of women and children have angered the world’s richest man.

Elon Musk has hit back at Keir Starmer saying the UK “just want to suppress free speech” and reposting a fake AI image of the prime minister wearing a bikini. The government has threatened to ban social media site X due to the misuse of its AI tool, Grok, to generate sexualised images of children and women.

Elon Musk has repeatedly expanded the boundaries of permitted speech on his social-media platform X. Child-safety watchdogs and international regulators say a recent update to its artificial-intelligence chatbot Grok crossed a dangerous line: permitting sexualized editing of photos, including of children.

MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan after he said the next Democratic president should prosecute Musk as part of an accountability platform.

Elon Musk responded 'Then it is war' after a Somali TikToker said he's old, ugly, only has money, and that death is knocking on his door.

This is not the first time Elon Musk has been called out for his behavior on X, and for his support of "white solidarity."