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Payment processors were against CSAM until Grok started making it

For many years, credit card companies and other payment methods were aggressive about policing child sexual abuse material. Then, Elon Musk’s Grok started undressing children on X.

The Center for Countering Digital Hate found 101 sexualized images of children as part of its sample of 20,000 images made by Grok

No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature

Elon Musk's X has partially restricted access to Grok's image editing capabilities amid growing backlash to the flood of nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes of adults and minors generated by the platform. As of this writing, it no longer generates images as @grok replies for free, but Grok's image editing tools remain…

January 9, 2026

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The latest on Grok’s gross AI deepfakes problem

The launch of an AI image editing feature on xAI’s Grok has caused chaos on X after it was used to generate a flood of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes. As Hayden Field wrote, “screenshots show Grok complying with requests to put real women in lingerie and make them spread their legs,…

January 9, 2026

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X faces EU investigation over Grok’s sexualized deepfakes

X is facing an investigation from the European Commission over the sexualized deepfakes generated by its Grok AI chatbot. In its announcement, the Commission says it will evaluate whether X "properly assessed and mitigated risks" associated with Grok's image-generating capabilities in the EU, as reported earlier by The New York…

January 26, 2026

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