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"And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.Your support makes all the difference. Critics of X want any excuse for censorship, Elon Musk has claimed as his website faces the threat of being shut down over deepfake pornography and child abuse images. The billionaire appeared defiant on Friday night despite the outcry over reports X's AI chatbot Grok was creating sexualised images of people, including children, at users' request. Pointing to claims other AI programmes created non-sexualised images of women in bikinis, he posted on X: They want any excuse for censorship. Criticism of X has focused on Grok's production of images of child abuse and manipulation of photographs of real women and girls to remove their clothes. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said she would back regulator Ofcom if it decided to effectively block X if it failed to comply with UK laws, saying: Sexually manipulating images of women and children is despicable and abhorrent."
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