X investigation: Sexualised images of Grok spark protests
The European Union has opened an investigation into Elon Musk's platform X.

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The European Union has opened an investigation into Elon Musk's platform X.

The case was brought by Dutch civil rights organisation Bits of Freedom, which accused Meta of breaching the European Digital Services Act.

Authorities in Brussels have opened an investigation into the AI model Grok amid concerns that sexually explicit images were manipulated.

The EU is investigating X's tool for creating sexually explicit images. Rodrigo Adão da Fonseca, a data protection specialist, describes a 'culture war' between Europe and tech companies.

The European Commission will, in this priority investigation, analyse more thoroughly whether X, together with Grok, fulfils its obligations under the Digital Services Act — in particular whether it prevents the dissemination of illegal content, addresses negative effects related to gender-based violence and serious adverse consequences, and whether it provides Brussels with the required “risk assessments”.

The European Commission has launched a new investigation into X under the Digital Services Act to “assess whether the company adequately assessed and mitigated the risks associated” with the tool.

The European Commission has opened a new formal investigation into the social network X under the Digital Services Act (DSA), focusing on the integration of features from the Grok artificial intelligence (AI) system into the platform. In a statement on Monday, Brussels said it seeks to determine whether the company adequately assessed and mitigated the risks ...

The European Commission announced today an investigation into Grok, the artificial intelligence tool of the social network X, over the dissemination of manipulated sexually explicit images in the European Union (EU), including content that may constitute sexual abuse of minors.
The investigation aims to “assess whether the company adequately evaluated and mitigated the risks associated with the deployment of Grok's features ... in the EU”.

European Commission's move follows explosion of sexually explicit deepfakes of women and children.
Elon Musk made part of X's code public. The article examines what that partial release reveals about how X's algorithm works — including ranking, recommendations and transparency — and what it may mean for moderation and users.

The proliferation of intimate deepfakes on X has raised questions over the bloc’s AI law.
European users will be notified as soon as the system — which analyses profile data, videos posted and behavioural signals to predict whether an account may belong to a minor — is launched.

Grok users can still generate sexualized images despite fresh promises from X.
Brussels could fine X 6 percent of its annual turnover, having already hit it with a €120 million sanction in December.
The European leader said she was shocked by the sexualisation of children in Musk's AI.

The president of the European Commission warned on Sunday US businessman Elon Musk, owner of the social network X and the AI feature Grok, that “if he does not act, the European Union will.”
Les régulateurs et les responsables politiques européens ont dénoncé l'outil d'intelligence artificielle de X.
European regulators and politicians have denounced X's artificial intelligence tool.
The spokesperson for technological sovereignty said the executive detected that the artificial intelligence tool had generated “antisemitic content” and “sexual images of children”.

Elon Musk's social network transforms clothed photos into bikini images.
