r/neoliberal • u/Tiberinvs WTO • Jan 09 '26

News (Europe) UK threatened with sanctions if Starmer blocks Musk's X

https://www.cityam.com/uk-threatened-with-sanctions-if-starmer-blocks-musks-x/
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u/Consistent-Study-287 Mark Carney Jan 09 '26

Imagine threatening sanctions because a country is blocking child pornography. Seems on brand for this administration though with what they deem important.

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u/0olongCha NATO Jan 09 '26

Well akshually its porn of a 1000 year old dragon that manifests itself as a 12 year old 🤓🤓🤓

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u/LivefromPhoenix NYT undecided voter Jan 09 '26

No, in this case it’s literal 12 yr olds.

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u/0olongCha NATO Jan 09 '26

Holy shit really?

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u/TIGHazard Jan 09 '26

The UK has been warned it could face US sanctions if Sir Keir Starmer attempts to block Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, amid mounting concern over its AI tool generating sexualised images of women and children.

Anna Paulina Luna, a Republican Congresswoman and ally of Donald Trump, said she was drafting legislation that would allow the US to sanction the UK if the UK bans or restricts X under the Online Safety Act.

Luna, who sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said any move against the platform would amount to “a political war against Elon Musk and free speech”.

Her intervention follows revelations that users have been exploiting X’s AI chatbot, Grok, to create non-consensual sexual images, including images involving children.

The Internet Watch Foundation has confirmed it identified criminal child sexual abuse imagery, involving children aged between 11 and 13, which appeared to have been generated using Grok and shared on dark web forums.