U.K. ministers are warning Elon Musk’s X it faces a ban if it doesn’t get its act together. But outlawing the social media platform is easier said than done.
The U.K.'s communications regulator Ofcom on Monday launched a formal investigation into a deluge of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes produced by X’s AI chatbot Grok amid growing calls for action from U.K. politicians.
It will determine whether the creation and distribution of deepfakes on the platform, which have targeted women and children, constitutes a breach of the company’s duties under the U.K.’s Online Safety Act (OSA).
What have they actually got to lose in doing so?
The US has threatened sanctions if they do.
It’s Monday. The US threatens sanctions every Monday.
And on every day that ends with a y.
Most government PR run on major socmed platform due to the amount of reach the platform have, so if they have to ban X they have to migrate themselves and their citizen first. Banning X today could actually cost them next election, and they’re actually getting unpopular. Elon know this, that’s why they don’t think they need to change anything because it’s mostly just bark.
Or at least that’s what i thought, would love them to prove me wrong.
They could ban grok and fine Twitter.
Of course they can, but the topic on hand is “what would they lose if they ban X”.
Ah, ok. You haven’t read the article. They risk losing an election, as they use social media for self promotion and messaging. If theban twitter, they risk other being able to take their lead and they only have a small margin.
Bribes.