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The European Commission has launched an investigation Gu, Dssm of Naz Media.Exceed The production of explicit imagery.
Regina Doherty, a member of the European Parliament representing Ireland, announced the inquiry on Monday.
Doherty said it would investigate whether social media platform X complied with its obligations under EU digital legislation, including requirements related to risk mitigation, content governance and the protection of fundamental rights.
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A committee spokesman did not immediately respond when asked whether an investigation had been launched.
X did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.
“This case raises very serious questions about whether platforms have met their legal obligations to properly assess risks and prevent the spread of illegal and harmful content,” Doherty said in an emailed statement.
The commission said earlier in January that sharing AI-generated images of naked women and children on X was illegal and shocking, drawing condemnation from around the world.
Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI said in mid-January it has implemented adjustments Preventing Grok accounts “allows images of real people to be edited to reveal clothing such as bikinis.”
The company also said at the time that it had blocked it from generating images of people in revealing clothing in “unlawful jurisdictions” based on a user’s location.
It did not identify those jurisdictions.
Ms Doherty said the images exposed wider vulnerabilities Emerging artificial intelligence technologies Be regulated and enforced.
“The EU has clear rules to protect people online. These rules must make sense in practice, especially when powerful technology is deployed at scale. No company operating in the EU is above the law,” she added.
UK media regulator Ofcom launched an independent investigation earlier this month into whether X complied with its duties under the UK’s Online Safety Act.