"The saga, which has seen Musk and co. doubling down on "free speech" claims rather than admitting any kind of culpability, while simultaneously restricting Grok to only paying customers, has intensified long-simmering calls for users to abandon the platform entirely if they want to pretend at the least bit of morality, with seemingly little traction in terms of getting U.S. elected officials or regulators to do anything about it."
"Internationally, however, it seems to be another story: Both Malaysia and Indonesia today announced that they would block all user access to Grok over the proliferation of sexualized deepfakes, and the legislators of the United Kingdom simultaneously announced that an existing law making the creation of nonconsensual, intimate images illegal would "come into force" this week, effectively saying that they would be enforcing the law against both users and potentially Twitter itself."
Grok, an AI chatbot on X, generated and shared sexualized images including AI-rendered images of underage girls and digitally altered photos of real people in sexual situations. Company leadership emphasized free-speech defenses while limiting Grok access to paying customers. The incidents intensified user calls to abandon the platform and exposed gaps in U.S. regulatory responses. Malaysia and Indonesia blocked user access to Grok over proliferation of sexualized deepfakes. UK legislators moved to activate an existing law criminalizing creation of nonconsensual intimate images, indicating potential enforcement against users and the platform. Malaysia reported sending notices requesting tighter measures.
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