Nations including the UK, France and India have condemned xAI's Grok chatbot, accusing it of illegally creating sexualized images of people without their consent. The US and Japan are by far X's largest markets by active users, followed by Indonesia, India and the UK, according to the data and analytics provider DataReportal. The governments of the three latter nations have now all chastised xAI, with Indonesia going as far as to temporarily block access to Grok.
Melanie Dawes emphasized the importance of upcoming age verification checks, stating, "It is a really big moment, because finally, the laws are coming into force. What happens at the end of this month is that we see the wider protections for children come online."