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DCMS Exits X Over Abuse, Ofcom Probes AI Chatbot.

7/3/2026

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Summary

Story summary

Lisa Nandy announced the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will leave X because of abuse and misinformation.
The move makes DCMS the department to quit X after the Attorney General’s Office, whose head said it descends to racism, misogyny.
Ofcom opened a January probe into X’s Grok AI chatbot for intimate images after Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the images disgusting, unlawful and announced a ban for under-16s.

History

Historical Context

After the ICO fined Facebook £500,000 in October 2018 for misusing the data of millions of UK users in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Parliament drafted the Online Safety Bill in 2021 to tighten content rules. In 2024, the DCMS, the Attorney General’s Office and Ofcom, urged by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, moved against X’s Grok AI chatbot, echoing those earlier regulatory actions.

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Story summary

Lisa Nandy announced the Department for Culture, Media and Sport will leave X because of abuse and misinformation.
The move makes DCMS the department to quit X after the Attorney General’s Office, whose head said it descends to racism, misogyny.
Ofcom opened a January probe into X’s Grok AI chatbot for intimate images after Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the images disgusting, unlawful and announced a ban for under-16s.

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