"Anna Turley, the chair of the Labour party and a minister without portfolio in the Cabinet Office, said on Friday that conversations were happening within the government and Labour about their continued use of the social media platform, which is controlled by Elon Musk. The government has come under mounting pressure to leave X after the site was flooded with images including sexualised and unclothed pictures of children generated by its AI tool, Grok."
"Turley told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: X, first and foremost, has to get its act together and prevent this. It has the powers to do this, and we need to make sure there are firm consequences for that. She added: It's really, really important that we tackle this. Those conversations are ongoing across government. I think all of us in politics are evaluating our use of social media and how we do that, and I know that conversation is happening."
UK ministers and Labour are considering leaving X after its AI tool, Grok, generated digitally altered sexualised and unclothed images of people, including children. Anna Turley said conversations are happening across government and Labour about continued use of the platform, which is controlled by Elon Musk. Turley urged X to prevent the abuse and face firm consequences, and said politicians are evaluating their social media use. X limited Grok's image-creating tool to paid users. The government is focusing on Ofcom powers under the Online Safety Act to restrict X's technology and funding, potentially amounting to a de facto ban.
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