UK investigating X after Grok undressed thousands of women and children

Grok tests if UK can penalize platforms for sexualized deepfakes generated by AI.

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[ldrn]

I want very badly to hear the reasoning behind the downvotes to your post.

I'll bet there is a really great argument behind them. /s

As a middle-aged man with a preteen daughter, I am surprised by the folks that have thus far defended 'Grok' and its overlords. Oops, I meant edgelords.

This is the same OFCOM that's insisting on "age verification" that largely goes after adults, and is targeting VPNs next with the excuse "well, a child with a credit card might subscribe to one" -- at least some of the distrust is from people who have memories longer than a goldfish and don't see "but thinkofthechildren" as an instant "I win" button on the internet.

Not that I'd dare disagree with you after you mashed that button yourself, of course.

 

[ldrn]

Regardless, it seems like you are conflating the issues and then reprimanding me for an opinion that isn't my own.

You are welcome to disagree with me, don't be shy.

Oh, then I apologi--

I hope you will try and not be surprised when people wonder why you're taking a stance against age verification and VPNs when we're talking about naked kids created by the X bot.

... ah, nevermind. See, I'd like to avoid that wondering and related assumptions, so...

I'll stick with: I certainly could never continue to question OFCOM's claims to need such sweeping powers over the internet, as I have in the past, now that it's revealed to be about CSAM. I also could never question their quote at the end of the article for the same reason.

[...] Frankly, I think a lot about doing away with anonymity on the web as a potential benefit when it comes to many issues (including CSAM). [...]

Circling back to this, in the same vein: who would dare continuing to question ending online anonymity if it means being accused of supporting CSAM?

So when OFCOM wants to insert backdoors into encryption, de-anonymize the internet, ban wikipedia or whatever, it's the perfect excuse to try and shut down disagreement.