"Taoiseach rejects suggestion that current legislation is not strong enough to deal with issue Women's Aid removes itself from X, calling the crisis a 'tipping point' Human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher said such sexualised abuse of children online has 'devastating' impacts Ministers are scrambling to find a way to combat an explosion of digitally created images of semi-nude women and children on the social media platform X."
"Ministers are scrambling to find a way to combat an explosion of digitally created images of semi-nude women and children on the social media platform X. Amid growing alarm in Government over the proliferation of deepfake sexual abuse images, the junior minister with responsibility for AI, Niamh Smyth, has written to senior executives of the Irish offices of X seeking an urgent meeting over the impact of its Grok artificial intelligence (AI) tool."
An explosion of digitally created images of semi-nude women and children on social media X has triggered urgent government and advocacy responses. Ministers are seeking ways to combat the proliferation of deepfake sexual abuse images. The junior minister with responsibility for AI, Niamh Smyth, has written to senior executives at X's Irish offices requesting an urgent meeting about the impact of the Grok AI tool. Women's Aid has removed itself from X, calling the situation a 'tipping point'. The Taoiseach rejected claims that current legislation is insufficient, while human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher described the abuse of children online as 'devastating'.
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