Ministers are rallying international support for a crackdown on Elon Musk’s social media site X amid outrage over its use to create fake photos of naked women and children.
Downing Street has held talks with like-minded governments about a coordinated response to the controversy, which threatens to erupt into a diplomatic row with the White House.
Australia and Canada are both said to share Sir Keir Starmer’s concerns over the use of Grok, X’s artificial intelligence tool, to generate explicit “deepfake” images.
If it’s stupid Carney is in.
🚨 NEW: The Government is working with Canada and Australia to launch a coordinated ban on X over Grok
Ministers believe it will send a “powerful message” to Elon Musk if countries do it together
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) January 10, 2026
Update: Canada may have come to its senses
h/t Mauser
