X.com to be banned in the UK? (Maybe Canada and Australia as well)

The latest antics include AI-generated images that remove women's clothing, and also children's.

Musk has stated that there is freedom of speech on X, but not freedom of reach.

He can control how many impressions a post gets, instead of relying on a natural organic algorithm.

X's algorithm is manipulated to promote far-right-wing ideology - or a curated version of this.

For example, banning H-1B visas is considered far-right wing, but the Tech Oligrachs rely on this. So any content about the H-1B visa is suppressed.

If anybody mentions anything negative about Elon Musk on X, his bots start liking the post, which suppresses the reach of the post.

If Elon likes a post or shares it, he can make it go viral. This boosts the rankings of that person, who is basically a paid shill that can earn money from X from the number of impressions they get on X.

America has said it will support far-right-wing parties in Europe, using its algorithm.

Funny, ain't it...no talk of bans when it was lefty run. China is leaning so heavily on the Common Wealth to implement its socialism, and they are caving so easily, that one is actually grateful that a country like the US still has the balls and the power to fight back.

Europe is a shadow of its former self as well as an embarrassment.

Lol remember when the lefties said "If you have a problem with Twitter then get your own Twitter and do what you want with it."

...figured those were hollow words.

Several governments are now restricting or openly weighing restrictions on X’s Grok tool because of its use in generating non?consensual sexual deepfakes.?

Countries with active blocks

1. Indonesia has blocked access to Grok after reports it was being used for “digital undressing” and sexually explicit deepfakes.?
2. Malaysia has also blocked Grok over similar concerns about non?consensual sexualized images.?
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Countries considering bans or severe restrictions

1. United Kingdom
2. Ofcom is urgently investigating X and Grok under the Online Safety Act after reports the tool created sexualized images of women and children from tagged photos.?
3. The UK government has said it would support Ofcom if it recommends blocking X in the UK, which could include measures to stop access and disrupt the company’s UK revenue.?
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European government stance shifts

1. Senior figures in the Irish government have publicly questioned whether the state should remain on X at all because of Grok’s role in creating and distributing AI sexual abuse material, and have called for EU?level action on explicit AI images.?
2. Commentators note that if Ireland formally pulls government accounts off X over Grok, other EU governments may follow, increasing political pressure for broader restrictions, though this is still at the discussion/speculation stage rather than a concrete ban process.?
3. 
   

Other regulatory and political pressure

1. UK ministers and advocacy groups (e.g., the End Violence Against Women Coalition) are pushing for stronger deepfake laws and stricter enforcement against platforms like X that host Grok?generated abuse images.?
2. US officials have criticized the UK’s talk of a potential X ban as “Russia?style,” underscoring that the most advanced formal ban processes so far are in the UK and Southeast Asia, not the US itself.?

The above is BS from SB

The main problem th atn EU C untries a hds is that they block freedom of speech and has to o with prevservation of power by established parties nd underminin g opposition from moderate ri ght win g parties - which they rate3 as extreme right wing supporters,

The fact is it is a serious t hreat to established parties that is sufferin g because peple move to more conservatie paries - it means 100% oppression on free speech,

If sexuallmy explicit reports on X is an issue - similar provblems are on Facebook and other major intenet platforms - but th rel probem si B S supreme because only X are targetted and for thatbecause of undermining Labor and the Conservaive Party and they think bannin g X will hep t hem in eepin g conmtrol in te USA. The same is the sitution in Germany and France - so Rubio have warned U S citizens could face arres i n Europe based on postin gs they amke on the Internet, rulin g and majority parties in Europe. You call that DEMOCRACY?

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The above is BS from SB

The main problem th atn EU C untries a hds is that they block freedom of speech and has to o with prevservation of power by established parties nd underminin g opposition from moderate ri ght win g parties - which they rate3 as extreme right wing supporters,

The fact is it is a serious t hreat to established parties that is sufferin g because peple move to more conservatie paries - it means 100% oppression on free speech,

If sexuallmy explicit reports on X is an issue - similar provblems are on Facebook and other major intenet platforms - but th rel probem si B S supreme because only X are targetted and for thatbecause of undermining Labor and the Conservaive Party and they think bannin g X will hep t hem in eepin g conmtrol in te USA. The same is the sitution in Germany and France - so Rubio have warned U S citizens could face arres i n Europe based on postin gs they amke on the Internet, rulin g and majority parties in Europe. You call that DEMOCRACY?

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Europe is a shadow of its former self as well as an embarrassment.

That's very polite of you Plum....

I would have more choice words for what is currently happening to Europe

My god Plum when you woke us this morning did you think you end up the defending the right to create child porn on an internet forum.

...figured those were hollow words.

They did its called blue sky

China is leaning so heavily on the Common Wealth to implement its socialism, and they are caving so easily, that one is actually grateful that a country like the US still has the balls and the power to fight back.

It is very funny.

Europe is a shadow of its former self as well as an embarrassment.

The same blame as Nazis put on Europe.

If sexuallmy explicit reports on X is an issue - similar provblems are on Facebook and other major intenet platforms -

It happens different on X which has sort of integrated and built in functions for this image generation to happen.It is an ecosystem on its own.

Yes, of course I'd jump at the opportunity to defend child porn, Stav.

...or perhaps it's pretty obvious that AIs are a work in progress and that Elon would do something about it if Grok were used for that...

Tell you what, I'll quickly do a search...

Oh, so this is a very recent story. Most articles are from within the last week. So Grok have barely had time to attempt to fix it.

But yeah, you're right, I'm defending child porn because Musk is obviously very proud that his AI can make child porn and I'm very sure he will refuse to do anything about it.

Just to be clear, you want X banned from Europe because Grok is currently able to make child porn?

It’s not about child porn. The Govt are just trying to get at Elon Musk.

bnm

Yes, of course I'd jump at the opportunity to defend child porn, Stav.

...or perhaps it's pretty obvious that AIs are a work in progress and that Elon would do something about it if Grok were used for that...

Tell you what, I'll quickly do a search...

Oh, so this is a very recent story. Most articles are from within the last week. So Grok have barely had time to attempt to fix it.

But yeah, you're right, I'm defending child porn because Musk is obviously very proud that his AI can make child porn and I'm very sure he will refuse to do anything about it.

Its incompetence, laziness or just sheer not giving a shit on X part for not proactively seeing this coming. AI image editing tools have for years been able to do similar things. Ridiculous to think no one saw it coming.

Secondly he has been asked to do something about it, he's reluctantly acknowledged while trying to downplay the issue, but all X has done is move the offending feature to subscribed users, in effect monetizing child porn.

You know how he could address the issue properly and with the urgency required. He could of pulled the offending feature until the issue has been resolved.

Lest to be clear, you want X banned from Europe because Grok is currently able to make child porn?

Depends, it should be banned until the the offending feature is fixed. But on grounds of mis-information unless X starts complying with UK and EU regulations then yes it should be banned. It's a malign platform spreading huge amounts of misinformation and interfering with the political processes of European countries as Musk and co-attempt to export their toxic culture wars that have absolutely destroyed US politics, Europe see's the political shithole America has become and wants nothing to do with it. Nor are we stupid enough to fall for garbage about free speech, Musk and MAGA don't care about free speech, they will censor speech they don't like, all they want to is to be able to spread their lies free from consequences.

Europe see's the political shithole America has become and wants nothing to do with it. Nor are we stupid enough to fall for garbage about free speech, Musk and MAGA don't care about free speech, they will censor speech they don't like, all they want to is to be able to spread their lies free from consequences.

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When including related income and VAT paid by these same multinationals, more than half of Ireland’s tax revenue is linked to internationally mobile profits influenced by tax-haven dynamics

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Lots of very selective morality about having something to do with America…it can be flexible as long as there’s money involved.

LOL do you ever stick to the topic, your as bad as Mike with the Biden auto pen guff.

You opened the door when you broadened the whole thing to another attack on America. And FFS it’s not your it’s you’re moron,

My broadening of the topic was warranted as its relevant to the topic at hand as America under Trump is now a major source of misinformation, it's attempting to push its culture war nonsense over here, it wants to meddle in the the internal politics of European countries by promoting what it sees as politic groups aligned to it and X is a major source of how it's being done, Trump administration has already issued and is threating more sanctions on European countries for attempting to regulate tech.

Well if you insist, America sees an increasingly irrelevant Europe which has missed the tech revolution, while countries like China and South Korea have proven more adaptable. Not too proud to follow where America led, they are in the tech game, while Europe’s obsession with Climate Change is compromising its automotive industry and power generation. How would you power all those AI sites. Wind power?

And the whining over the ‘attacks’ on your culture ignore the years the BBC, Guardian and Financial Times were pushing their own vision on America. BBC America was doing it’s best, not very effective grant you, to tip the scales.

Now add massive increases in the defense budget if Europe is really serious about going it on their own and the very real prospect of French boys in the army somewhere in Eastern Europe and see how popular that is.

’Trump is a change agent , he will likely be followed by a less pro active leader. Pray the little men in suits don’t burn too many bridges before then.

I think the EU should follow China’s example and develop its own Big Tech sector. If these companies gradually withdraw, it will create a gap in the market for local alternatives.

The World Wide Web was invented in Europe, yet we’ve allowed American monopolies to dominate and close off the market. User data is key, and GDPR seems to restrict European companies more than American companies.

In the United States, Big Tech offices employ more than 70% of people who were not born in America.

They also outsource many jobs that could be done domestically to India. So, Big Tech companies employ more Indians than Americans, which may help explain why many of their CEOs were born in India.

This raises the question - is Big Tech working for American Society? Is it a Democratic force for good, or an evil authoritarian empire that is destroying the long term prospects of Americans?

Other than making billionaires richer, who really benefits? These monopolies have concentrated power, turning America into privatised communism.

Mr. Farid ran an experiment where he plugged an image of himself masked into three separate A.I. tools — Google’s Gemini, Grok and OpenAI’s ChatGPT — and asked them to show his uncovered face. Each of the resulting images looked like a different person.

"fixed. But on grounds of mis-information unless X starts complying with UK and EU regulations then yes it should be banned"

whaha...so, basically ban ALL social media.

I wouldn't mind if all social media platforms were shut down, I despise all of it.

But it is hilarious how you have a problem with X when even WhatsApp is used to spread misinformation. How about the BBC? How about politicians that blatantly spread misinformation?

Be honest, you just don't like that it's owner doesn't align with your wokeness.

Spot on

Well if you insist, America sees an increasingly irrelevant Europe which has missed the tech revolution, while countries like China and South Korea have proven more adaptable. Not too proud to follow where America led, they are in the tech game, while Europe’s obsession with Climate Change is compromising its automotive industry and power generation. How would you power all those AI sites. Wind power?

You still can't stay on topic.

And the whining over the ‘attacks’ on your culture ignore the years the BBC, Guardian and Financial Times were pushing their own vision on America. BBC America was doing it’s best, not very effective grant you, to tip the scales

There is no comparison. Those organisations are regulated and can be fined for breaches. The BBC is generally neutral. The Guardian has limited reach, and while left leaning, holding a political view isn't the issue, it's the spreading of misinformation. When it comes to misinformation they don't hold a candle to X.

Now add massive increases in the defense budget if Europe is really serious about going it on their own and the very real prospect of French boys in the army somewhere in Eastern Europe and see how popular that is.

More irrelevant tosh.

Trump is a change agent , he will likely be followed by a less pro active leader. Pray the little men in suits don’t burn too many bridges before then

LOL Europe ia the one burning bridges is it. I'd call that an attempt at gaslighting but you just can't help it when you're so wlling to be gaslighted yourself.

whaha...so, basically ban ALL social media.

Nope. Just ones that don't comply with laws and regulations.

But it is hilarious how you have a problem with X when even WhatsApp is used to spread misinformation. How about the BBC? How about politicians that blatantly spread misinformation?

Whatsapp is a private messaging service not the public town hall that is X so that conparison is bogus. The BBC has editoral standards and oversight and is generally very good when it comes to factuality, one recent high profile case of misinformation doesn't change that or put it anywhere in the league of X.

Be honest, you just don't like that it's owner doesn't align with your wokeness.

Being honest I don't like Musk but that has nothing to do with my view on regulating X.

Stav

What si political disinformation, Is it anyting like lying about issues like happened in the USA wh ere the media had to cough up hundreds of millions for spreading lies like the Russianm Hoax and the January 6 inmcident?

F rom what I ama ware for instance it amounts to false spreadin g of lies s news - trying to get political parties like AfD linked to Fascism because they oppose present Government policies? I fthat is the case then it is indeed censorship of news. There is a very narrow margin between political lies and propaganda and that is what especially is the situation in Germany where the youth with no linss to what their granparents and great grandparents were invovled in and is now accused of Nazism because they disagree with the political partie hat ruled Germany from 1951 and now feel threatened by new parties,

In an official warning by the USA Government they stated that rules imposed by EU countries can lead to arrest of people as to what they post on the internet as t politicl development in t he EU counries and even in the UK.

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"The BBC has editoral standards and oversight and is generally very good when it comes to factuality, one recent high profile case of misinformation doesn't change that or put it anywhere in the league of X."

LMFAO!!!

Major, well-documented BBC inaccuracies/misleading reports (2020–Jan 2026)

Nov 2022 (event: Nov–Dec 2021) — Hanukkah/Oxford Street “party bus” antisemitic attack (London)

BBC reported that audio included anti-Muslim slurs from inside the bus; that interpretation was disputed, and Ofcom found “significant editorial failings” and concluded the BBC did not handle the developing dispute with sufficient transparency/speed.

Jul 2023 — Nigel Farage/Coutts bank account closure

BBC reported the account was closed because Farage wasn’t wealthy enough; BBC later amended the story and apologised, saying the information in the story/headline “turned out not to be accurate.”

Nov 15, 2023 — Gaza war reporting: Al-Shifa Hospital raid wording (misquote/misread)

A BBC News presenter misquoted a Reuters report, saying the IDF was “targeting” medical teams/Arabic speakers; BBC apologised and said it should have said IDF forces included medical teams and Arabic speakers.

May 2025 — “14,000 babies will die in 48 hours” claim on BBC Radio 4 (UN aid chief interview)

The claim spread widely, but later reporting clarified it was based on a misinterpreted statistic/timeline (it related to severe malnutrition cases over a much longer period, not imminent deaths in 48 hours). PBS explains how the mistaken timeline created confusion.

Multiple outlets’ corrections explicitly note the figure was corrected after clarification; for example RNZ issued a correction noting the UN corrected it shortly after the BBC interview.

Feb 2025 documentary; regulator decisions in 2025 — “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone”

BBC internal review said the documentary breached the BBC’s accuracy guideline due to omitting critical info about the narrator’s family connection (misleading to audiences).

Ofcom later found it breached rules requiring factual programmes not to materially mislead the audience, and required the BBC to acknowledge the breach.

Nov 2025 ? Jan 2026 — Panorama documentary edit of Donald Trump’s Jan 6 speech

BBC acknowledged an “error of judgement” in editing that created a misleading impression about the speech; Reuters reported the BBC apology while rejecting defamation liability.

The controversy escalated into a major lawsuit fight in the US (AP/Guardian summaries).

Some funny stuff, Stavie.

Next you're gonna say that the Beed accepted responsibility blah blah blah, right?

PS, the list is much much longer than this.

Ouch ...

With a media organisation the size of the BBC mistakes and errors are goimg be made, most of which is unintentional. For example Farage accepted the BBC apology and acknowledged the error wasn't intentional. The Gaza documentary made an error in not disclosing that a child featured in it was the kid of a senior Hamas member but nothing in the actual documentary was proven to have been incorrect.

And yes it is important the BBC acknowledges errors and corrects them.

Compare that to X, thousands upon thousands of misinformation posts retweeted by tens of millions. I

There is no comparison. X is off the charts when it comes to false information.

But let’s not take any risks, ban the BBC until they can guarantee to make none of these avoidable mistakes. And ban them permanently in the States as a foreign entity trying to interfere in our elections.

As for your disdain for limiting the offending material to subscribers. As an instant measure that seems to make sense… limit it to users who can be identified and eliminated.

Your classical woke interpretation..he is getting paid for porn. Perhaps there is a US med that can fix that mental malfunction.

But let’s not take any risks, ban the BBC until they can guarantee to make none of these avoidable mistakes. And ban them permanently in the States as a foreign entity trying to interfere in our elections.

As for your disdain for limiting the offending material to subscribers. As an instant measure that seems to make sense… limit it to users who can be identified and eliminated.

Your classical woke interpretation..he is getting paid for porn. Perhaps there is a US med that can fix that mental malfunction.

Excellent valid points Moz

But let’s not take any risks, ban the BBC until they can guarantee to make none of these avoidable mistakes. And ban them permanently in the States as a foreign entity trying to interfere in our elections.

As for your disdain for limiting the offending material to subscribers. As an instant measure that seems to make sense… limit it to users who can be identified and eliminated.

Your classical woke interpretation..he is getting paid for porn. Perhaps there is a US med that can fix that mental malfunction.

It's Drill Baby, Drill. It is Ban, Baby Ban.

America needs the BBC more than the UK needs X. America's media is very biased, a bit like the politics that is entirely partisan - but sponsored by a billionaire donor behind the scenes to paint the narrative.

We have the BBC it’s no different to MSNBC just more devious

BBC's little Panorama was nothing, given the subject matter was the biggest liar mankind has ever seen.

Ah, so X is guilty despite it being a virtual town square. X must control the speech of every member...what's their user base figure again? X is not a publisher. Isn't it like 1 billion users?

But the Beeb gets a free pass because it's a "big" organisation. Even though it doesn't have 1 billion staff members and is actually tiny by contributor count in comparison to X. Only having to control for the output of a few thousand people.

Great logic, Stav.

"Hey, BBC you guys are fine, even though you only employ 22k people of which only a small percentage are active contributors to what you publish but I'll be dammed if Elon is gonna get away with not controlling the speech of his close to a billion App users"

Here's the thing. It's not the misinformation that is the problem. It's the censoring of information that has been, is and will always be the problem.

But let's cut the shit. What the X banners are really aiming for is to diminish X's influence on elections. They hate that under X's current regime, the truth will out and the owner is rich enough that you can't buy him and that he never went to Epstein island so you can't control him that way either.

Now the FBI no longer has secret back door access to X, that X isn't actively working with the deep state actors to censor certain political voices, and that some sense of political neutrality has returned to the town square...now we just can't live with X anymore, can we?

If I had to choose between misinformation and censorship, I'm choosing misinformation every time. You can shove censorship so far up your arse that your breath smells like secrets.

"As for your disdain for limiting the offending material to subscribers. As an instant measure that seems to make sense… limit it to users who can be identified and eliminated."

LOL a retired none IT person sees the logic in that short term fix, but the woke IT guy can't see the wood for the trees.

Unreal!

Hahaha

Spot the Commie fascists.

Dor decades the BBC was the most accurate news agency in the world, Over the past decade the BBC became inaccurate and politcally often showing bias, That has cost the BBC dearly with crdeiblity down to 57% and dropping fast, In fact the BBC lost a lot of ceeditibnility i n the process,

SB

"BBC's little Panorama was nothing, given the subject matter was the biggest liar mankind has ever seen.

Fact is whenever Trump spoke the truth - all the defense the fale meda has is accusing him of lying, Iff you do not realize that by now you must be suffering from brain-malfunctioning.

The biggest political lie in the history of the media the past century was the Russian Hoax based etirely on lies and subsequently exposed totally, It was not a single lie - it was spreading of millions of lies by the mwdia and you fell for the BS totally,

Then there are the shit spread in the media about Trump personally and that you adhered to daily, So the BBC deteriorated to Guardian level and the result was two of their most senior staff had to leave the oganization.based on lies they broadcasted.

Trump often makes staements that is opening to misrepresemtation and then called lies, But in reality in the main by at least 90% it representsw is poitical BS and lies..

Now the FBI no longer has secret back door access to X, that X isn't actively working with the deep state actors to censor certain political voices, and that some sense of political neutrality has returned to the town square...now we just can't live with X anymore, can we?

Ain't that the truth

If I had to choose between misinformation and censorship, I'm choosing misinformation every time.

Everyday.... all day..... at least then you still have a choice

I honestly cannot believe the ignorance and naivety of some people on this forum

These arguments from the left are so damn stupid.

Lets do this...

Lefties, just so we know that you're sincere, would you mind denouncing the Russia collusion hoax for us quickly?

And in your denouncing of it, be kind enough not to treat it as one incident...because it went on your years and years, pushed by every left leaning media agency on the planet and almost all of the Democratic Party in the US.

Since you have such a big problem with misinformation, that extended propaganda campaign compiled entirely of misinformation, must really have pissed you guys off, right?

So let's hear from you guys about wrong it was, how those responsible should face consequences like lawsuits, bans and criminal charges.

Go on, show us your virtue.