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Meanwhile, media regulator Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether the social media platform breached UK law over reports that its chatbot Grok was used to create and share child pornography.
The Minister of Technology also told member of congress The creation of non-consensual intimate images will become a criminal offense this week, with AI-created pornographic images described as “weapons of abuse”.
Speech at backbench meeting parliamentary labor partyThe Prime Minister said: “The behavior of Grok and X was absolutely disgusting and disgraceful.
“Protecting abusers rather than women and children who are abused is a complete distortion of priorities.
“So let me be very clear, we will not tolerate this because no matter how unstable or complex the world becomes, this government will be guided by its values. We will support the weak against the strong.
“If
technical secretary Liz Kendall This week, MPs said it would be a crime to use tools such as Grok to create pornographic images without consent.
She told the Commons: “The Data (Use and Access) Bill passed last year made it a criminal offense to produce or request the production of intimate images without consent, and today I can announce to the House that this offense will come into effect this week.”
She said nudity apps would also be criminalized to tackle the problem “at its root”.
Ms Kendall said the Internet Watch Foundation had “reported criminal images of children as young as 11, including the sexualization of girls and young children”.
She continued: “This is child sexual abuse.
“We’ve seen photos being shared of women in bikinis, tied up, gagged, bruised, covered in blood, etc.
“Content designed to harass, torture and violate people’s dignity can and has destroyed people’s lives.
“They are not harmless images. They are weapons of abuse, targeted primarily at women and girls, and are illegal.”
Ms Kendall said Ofcom’s investigation into Grok should not take “months”.
Grok, developed by xAI, another company founded by Musk, launched new advanced image generation capabilities last July.
But in the past few weeks, its use for creating nude deepfake images has become widespread, sparking condemnation from government and Ofcom investigations.
Ofcom said in a statement that it would investigate the platform to determine whether it was “fulfilling its duty to protect people in the UK from illegal content”.
Previously, the regulator made “urgent contact” with
Ofcom said: “There have been reports that the Grok AI chatbot account on
Downing Street, meanwhile, said it was willing to consider leaving X, formerly Twitter, if Musk’s company didn’t take action.
The Prime Minister’s official spokesman said the government was focused on “protecting children” but its presence on X was still “under review”, adding: “I think we have made it clear that all options are on the table.”
In response to the ministers’ threats, Musk accused the British government of being “fascistic” and trying to restrict free speech.