This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Breadcrumb Trail Links Article content On Monday, the U.K.’s independent media regulator Ofcom said it was launching a formal investigation into X over Grok’s image creation feature. Article content Ofcom described the reports as “deeply concerning,” saying in a statement that the undressed images of people “may amount to intimate image abuse or pornography — and sexualiszed images of children… may amount to child sexual abuse material.” Article content The office of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomed the investigation and said Ofcom “has our full support to take any action it sees fit.” Article content A Downing Street spokesperson added, per an Agence France-Presse news story: “We won’t hesitate to go further to protect children online and strengthen the law as needed.” Article content Britain’s Online Safety Act says social media and video-sharing platforms hosting potentially harmful content are required to implement strict age verification and are not allowed to create or share non-consensual intimate images, or child sexual abuse material, including sexual deepfakes created with AI. Ofcom has the power to impose fines of 10 per cent of worldwide revenue for breaches of these rules. Advertisement 1