X must be held accountable for creation and distribution of child sexual abuse materials and revenge porn

In light of the revelation that Grok the X AI chatbot have been responding to user prompts to remove the clothing from images of women and to create "sexualized images of children" to further post them on X, Green Party Media and Justice Spokespersons have called on state regulators and enforcement to act.

Hazel Chu, Spokesperson for Expenditure, Digitalisation and Media stated “Social Media companies have repeatedly shown complete disdain for the consequences of their actions and their manipulations. Coimisiún na Meán must step up and act; it was established to provide some regulation over these companies, to protect vulnerable users and should use it powers to do just that. This is a potential criminal breach that warrants immediate action.”

Responding to the this concern Patrick Costello, Spokesperson for Justice says “There are serious questions to be asked here in terms of Coco’s law, child sexual abuse media legislation, and X’s liability for this harm. At the very least Gardai should be investigating X for breaching the law and holding the company and its board responsible.”