Why did French police raid X’s Paris office and when have they summoned Elon MuskFrench authorities have raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk–owned social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as part of an expanding crim...
03 Feb, 2026, 08.58 PM IST
Musk's chatbot flooded X with millions of sexualised images in days, new estimates showElon Musk's AI chatbot, Grok, created and shared over 1.8 million sexualized images of women and children. This surge of disturbing content...
22 Jan, 2026, 06.44 PM IST
Alarm in Germany over AI holocaust imageryGermany's government and Holocaust memorial institutions have demanded social media platforms stop the spread of fake images which they say...
17 Jan, 2026, 08.11 PM IST
UK PM Starmer says X moves to comply with UK law over AI deepfakesBritain's media regulator is investigating X, formerly Twitter, over its Grok AI chatbot creating sexualised images. Prime Minister Keir St...
14 Jan, 2026, 07.27 PM IST
UK regulator launches investigation into X over Grok sexualised imageryBritain’s media regulator Ofcom has opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over alleged misuse of its Grok AI chatbot to generate sexua...
12 Jan, 2026, 10.58 PM IST
X admits mistake, says it will comply with Indian law; 3,500 posts blocked, 600+ accounts deleted: ReportSocial media platform X has assured the Indian government of full compliance with its laws. The company has blocked thousands of content pi...
11 Jan, 2026, 09.34 AM IST
EU orders X to keep Grok documents for longer amid sexualised AI photos furoreThe EU executive on Thursday said it ordered Elon Musk's Grok to keep data related to the AI chatbot after the tool sparked a backlash for ...
08 Jan, 2026, 11.05 PM IST
Govt cracks down on Grok; India’s legal gap on deepfakesHappy Thursday! The government has sought more details from X regarding obscene content generated on Grok. This and more in today’s ETtech ...
08 Jan, 2026, 06.59 AM IST
Britain demands Elon Musk's Grok answers concerns about sexualised photosBritain has demanded Elon Musk's social media site X explain how its AI chatbot Grok was able to produce undressed images of people and se...
06 Jan, 2026, 09.21 AM IST
Grok’s ‘Spicy Mode’ cooks up a stormHigh-profile cases involving women celebrities at the receiving end include the likes of Taylor Swift, whose AI-generated offensive videos ...
05 Jan, 2026, 06.01 AM IST
ETtech Explainer: Why Grok’s edgy AI image generator has come under fireAmid huge backlash online, India on Friday wrote to X, highlighting its failure to observe statutory due diligence under the Indian IT rule...
03 Jan, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Sex is a big market for the AI industry; ChatGPT won't be the first to tap itOpenAI won't be the first to try to profit from sexualised AI. Sexual content was a top draw for AI tools almost as soon as the boom in AI-...
17 Oct, 2025, 05.41 PM IST
TikTok's alarming sexual content: Easy access poses risk for childrenExplicit content has long been a feature of the internet and social media, and young people's exposure to it has been a persistent concern.
20 Nov, 2023, 11.52 AM IST
YouTube videos promote alcohol abuse, binge drinking in teensSome videos show encouragement of excessive drinking including those with branded alcohol, with no negative consequences to the drinker.
07 Sep, 2016, 08.26 PM IST