The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

It follows an ongoing backlash against the use of X's AI Grok to digitally remove clothing from images.

It comes after government urged Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

Sir Keir Starmer indicated that Elon Musk’s social media platform could be blocked in the UK

Platform has restricted image creation on the Grok AI tool to paying subscribers, but victims and experts say this does not go far enough

The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.

Governments and regulators from Europe to Asia have condemned reports X’s AI chatbot Grok was creating sexualised images of people, including children

Ministers warn platform could be blocked after Grok AI used to create sexual images without consent

Government signals support for possible Ofcom intervention on Grok as scrutiny of X’s AI tool intensifies

Liz Kendall had previously said that Ofcom must act ‘in days, not weeks’ after Grok merely made picture service available to paid subscribers

Media regulator investigating site under Online Safety Act, with a de facto ban among possible punishments

The watchdog said it had received reports of the platform's Grok AI chatbot creating undressed images of people.

Ofcom is probing whether X breached UK law after its AI chatbot Grok was used to generate sexualized images of women and children.

Grok tests if UK can penalize platforms for sexualized deepfakes generated by AI.

Ofcom said it will investigate the platform after its AI tool was used to ‘undress’ images of people without consent

Pressure on after Starmer said Musk's X needs to 'get a grip' on Grok; Downing Street has threatened to leave platform.

Editorial: A flood of non-consensual deepfake bikini shots on X is putting the UK’s Online Safety Act to the test