"The influential Commons women and equalities committee has decided to stop using X after the social media site's AI tool began generating thousands of digitally-altered images of women and children with their clothes digitally removed. The move by the cross-party committee to mothball its official X account places renewed pressure on ministers to take decisive action after the site was flooded with images including sexualised and unclothed pictures of children, generated by its AI tool, Grok."
"Sarah Owen, the Labour MP who chairs the committee, said that given preventing violence against women and girls was among its key policy areas, it has become increasingly clear that X is not an appropriate platform to be using for our communications. Liz Kendall, the technology secretary, has called the imagery appalling and unacceptable in decent society and called on Ofcom, the UK's media regulator, to take whatever action is needed."
The Commons women and equalities committee decided to stop actively using X after the platform's AI tool produced thousands of digitally altered sexualised and unclothed images of women and children. The committee will keep its official X account dormant to prevent takeover but will not use it for communications. Some committee members, including chair Sarah Owen, have already left X and plan to write to the Cabinet Office and Ofcom to urge action. Technology secretary Liz Kendall called the imagery appalling and unacceptable and asked Ofcom to take whatever action is needed. Ofcom can impose fines or restrict access, and X and xAI have enabled AI deepfakes and non-consensual intimate content.
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