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(DIR) Post #B23SWsLk4yZ6dFhdB2 by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-07T17:06:43Z
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I find it interesting that there's loads of people who made a core part of their identity campaigning against trans women being in women's spaces and how it impacts women, who have gone completely silent about Grok being used to undress and brutalise women.
(DIR) Post #B23SWt9j58Y18H5Y5Q by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-07T17:19:03Z
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(DIR) Post #B23SX1Ua5Tz0zGuJhg by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-07T17:21:37Z
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If you're wondering on xAI's stance on this, aside from Elon posting a crying with laughing emoji, Grok's creators have raised a further $20bn from Cisco and such yesterday. https://www.reuters.com/business/musks-xai-raises-20-billion-upsized-series-e-funding-round-2026-01-06/
(DIR) Post #B23SXBzn2ItBYxaNjl by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-07T17:26:32Z
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If you're wondering what consequences X has faced: none. At all. A few months ago when Grok called itself MechaHitler, the service was shut entirely for days, the same day. When this women issue happened, Elon laughed.Grok is still outputting non-consensual deepfake pornography and sexual abuse material at a rate of 1 post per second. Example search:from:@grok filter:mediaDirect link:https://x.com/search?q=from%3A%40grok%20filter%3Amedia&src=typed_query&f=liveI hope Cisco enjoy directly funding sexual abuse material.
(DIR) Post #B2BhrCXflbxRcu72g4 by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-07T22:30:20Z
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Wired has a look at videos created on Grok. Includes knives being inserted into vaginas, “very young” people having sex. Around 10% are CSAM and still online. xAI declined to comment. https://www.wired.com/story/grok-is-generating-sexual-content-far-more-graphic-than-whats-on-x/
(DIR) Post #B2BhrDT6K5tYV0yuBs by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-07T23:32:46Z
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The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) says its analysts have discovered "criminal imagery" of girls aged between 11 and 13 which "appears to have been created" using Grok. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg1mzlryxeo
(DIR) Post #B2BhrEMP0U8BGWr4O8 by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-07T23:35:42Z
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The Information Commissioners Office has put out a statement on LinkedIn about serious concerns about xAI and Grok. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/information-commissioner%27s-office_new-a-statement-in-response-to-grok-ai-on-activity-7414693804001329153-N6qL?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAACWLjocBFQ8Y5Jn8ptUamSXWFWCD5cA1Rto
(DIR) Post #B2BhrFHpYy4I8divtw by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-07T23:37:48Z
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Bloomberg reports Twitter has now become the number one app for deepfake undressing of women by a sizeable amount. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-07/musk-s-grok-ai-generated-thousands-of-undressed-images-per-hour-on-x?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc2NzgyODQzMywiZXhwIjoxNzY4NDMzMjMzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUOEhRS0hLR0lGUE8wMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI0OEFDOEE5MkEwNTM0MkQ4OEIyRjkwQjhDMTgzMTdDMyJ9.PYX4upGg_MvIrbPiTpwANI8MCqfAJnZFxxFdD-e2OyQ
(DIR) Post #B2BhrGLPd8WlQ2PJ7g by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-08T22:34:34Z
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The UK PM has asked communication regulator for options around banning Twitter from operating in the UK, due to their refusal to deal with unconsensual undressing of women and girls. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/08/musks-x-could-be-banned-in-britain-over-ai-chatbot-row/
(DIR) Post #B2BhrHASZLMPyMI4gq by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-08T22:36:04Z
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This is still happening btw, roughly one a second. People are doing it to female UK MPs and cabinet members, and getting Grok to CC with the images.
(DIR) Post #B2BhrHqI3ooy45rTtI by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-09T09:11:32Z
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It looks like the threat of X being banned in the UK worked - Grok has been limited to paid users. Take your crying with laughter emojis and stick them up your arse, Elon. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
(DIR) Post #B2BhrIa1JnOuLvG0Aa by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-11T21:30:16Z
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@GossiTheDog So it *was* a marketing campaign. I don't see how this helps at all.
(DIR) Post #B2BhrRMse1EnbmB8RE by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-09T20:50:40Z
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The UK government says the move by X to limit Grok to paid users is “insulting” and basically monetising abuse, and they would support a ban of X in the UK if recommended by the regulator. They’ve asked the regulator for recommendations in days. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do
(DIR) Post #B2BhrZpBCgczprTqeu by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-11T21:16:04Z
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Some Grok users, mostly men, began to demand to see bruising on the bodies of the women, and for blood to be added to the images. Requests to show women tied up and gagged were instantly granted.‘Add blood, forced smile’https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/jan/11/how-grok-nudification-tool-went-viral-x-elon-musk
(DIR) Post #B2BhrhqtMCkcjULKRE by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-11T21:21:57Z
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I asked Cisco why it is directly funding an AI tool being used to non-consensual undress and brutalise women and children, having this week invested in xAI. They replied No comment. I have a list of other cybersecurity providers invested in xAI, I am working my way through those and plan to feature the key staff members involved in a write up.
(DIR) Post #B2BkhPzPDOaMIc6xAu by cstross@wandering.shop
2026-01-11T22:02:07Z
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@futurebird @GossiTheDog Limiting Grok to paid users (here in the UK) probably won't save Grok in the UK, though. Possession of CSAM is a strict liability offense, as is distributing it. Doesn't matter whether it's a paid account or free, it's child pornography (usually a max 3 year prison sentence, but if aggravated can pull 10 years). Generating it is ALSO a criminal offense.
(DIR) Post #B2C1PgzCyt3j1R9VMe by AleF2050@livellosegreto.it
2026-01-11T21:29:52Z
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@GossiTheDog THe more this keeps going on, the more i'm speechless. Makes me grow a desire for Twitter to disappear completely.Let it stop.
(DIR) Post #B2C1QSUiLZBgMlFpUu by womble@infosec.exchange
2026-01-11T21:34:48Z
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(DIR) Post #B2D3Zr4ajA6OGgbUno by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-12T13:08:30Z
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@syllopsium @Seruko @cstross @GossiTheDog Is this true for “fictional” CSAM ? Or are there some loopholes? I hate arguing about these definitions. We all know a photo of your kid playing at the beach is fine— a drawing of the same is fine— but I expect these people to try to hide behind such technicalities and distinctions. Never mind that we are talking about NOT your kid. And you never asked for it.
(DIR) Post #B2D3f5OIvANy7eJoVk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-12T13:09:24Z
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@syllopsium @Seruko @cstross @GossiTheDog The law needs to catch up on privacy rights. Especially in the US.
(DIR) Post #B2D499Y023hHhVBsPY by furby@towns.gay
2026-01-12T13:14:39Z
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@futurebird there's a new British law about deepfakes but it's not in force yet https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp9jxvx0zjmo
(DIR) Post #B2D4H86pGP55YZHfHM by cstross@wandering.shop
2026-01-12T13:16:17Z
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@futurebird @syllopsium @Seruko @GossiTheDog Fictional CSAM is already illegal in the UK. There have been multiple prosecutions. (There's no US first amendment style right to free speech here.)
(DIR) Post #B2DB1AnWCPFkwOaj8y by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-12T14:31:53Z
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@cstrossCould US law cover the *distribution* of such material?Right now we have a popular “top ten” phone app with this garbage. Worse than if it were broadcast on public airwaves or put up on a poster in the public square. This is a worst case scenario from bad internet debates about porn, gore and obscenity laws come to life. And I feel like the worst creeps I’ve ever known are whispering “actually it’s called eubuphila” as if that were a serious argument.
(DIR) Post #B2DB6NepoVECH00qx6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-12T14:32:47Z
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@ben @syllopsium @cstross @GossiTheDog Delete grok
(DIR) Post #B2DBEjTOaVreFWe22S by erincandescent@akko.erincandescent.net
2026-01-12T13:25:42.817881Z
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@futurebird @syllopsium @Seruko @cstross @GossiTheDog In the UK since 1995 it’s an unequivocal yes:(7) “ Pseudo-photograph ” means an image, whether made by computer-graphics or otherwise howsoever, which appears to be a photograph. (8) If the impression conveyed by a pseudo-photograph is that the person shown is a child, the pseudo-photograph shall be treated for all purposes of this Act as showing a child and so shall a pseudo-photograph where the predominant impression conveyed is that the person shown is a child notwithstanding that some of the physical characteristics shown are those of an adult.
(DIR) Post #B2DBErVohOYRBLq4vI by erincandescent@akko.erincandescent.net
2026-01-12T13:28:55.521972Z
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@futurebird @GossiTheDog @Seruko @cstross @syllopsium (drawings are covered by the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, which has lower penalties but it’s still a criminal offence)
(DIR) Post #B2DCniL8tP58pC1qUK by DaveMWilburn@infosec.exchange
2026-01-12T14:51:48Z
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@futurebird @cstross I believe it is already covered as a criminal offense in the US under Title 18 Section 1466A.https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1466A
(DIR) Post #B2DCoLQpYBny47zRGi by graydon@canada.masto.host
2026-01-12T14:51:48Z
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@futurebird @cstross The simple grim fact of the matter is that the free speech absolutist position that a government able to ban speech will use this power to suppress its political opponents isn't wrong, and that the position that it is a necessary function of the civil power to suppress CSAM, never mind for-profit, mass production CSAM, isn't wrong, either.It's a basic systems theory thing that if you get this kind of unresolvable deadlock you're looking at wrong scale.
(DIR) Post #B2DENzJjLhJ3rFEFhw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-12T15:09:37Z
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@cstross I think it is important that in the past grok did not generate such content, but Mr.Musk decided and implemented changes to make this kind of content possible. Implicitly this is an attempt to either challenge the law, or based on a deep belief that the law should not apply to him. Which reminds me of the Epstein files, and all of those child marraige cults. Every time we fail to hold the powerful accountable they increase the abuse.
(DIR) Post #B2DG7e9EUK4rTeecZE by lemgandi@mastodon.social
2026-01-12T15:29:01Z
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@futurebird @cstross Wilhoit's Law
(DIR) Post #B2DGiFfcSTBSHAG1Z2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-12T15:35:42Z
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@lemgandi @cstross At some point the conservative needs to stop playing coy and come out and just say who is a person and who isn’t to them. They don’t want to do this because they don’t even agree. We are being asked “is a not poor lesbian white lady a person or not?”And that is the debate.
(DIR) Post #B2DH8YG9xwvjSVtDou by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-12T15:40:24Z
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@lemgandi @cstross I thought this response was about my other post — though they are related.
(DIR) Post #B2DHIa3a8gRzvcmxZQ by cstross@wandering.shop
2026-01-12T15:42:13Z
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@futurebird @lemgandi Yep. We're ALSO being asked to believe amazing bullshit like "pregnant women are not people" (they lose rights to bodily autonomy because magic sky daddy said ectopic foetus is more important than life) at the same time as "corporations are people".Both these propositions are, I repeat, bullshit on stilts.
(DIR) Post #B2DHKyR6T5Ck7QvpmS by afeinman@wandering.shop
2026-01-12T15:42:40Z
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@futurebird @lemgandi @cstross No, no, the uncertainty is part of the attack.You never know what to do to avoid the abuse, so you oppress yourself.See also the spotty enforcement of speed limits, etc.
(DIR) Post #B2DJ4mJPycZZnAk4m0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-01-12T16:02:11Z
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@lemgandi @cstross Do I need to say “of course she is” —Do I need to say this isn’t how you treat a person?I’m thinking of so many people who are gone forever without a whisper. I’m looking at every brash and angry conservative voice who is trying justice shooting a person for not being meek and wondering why they don’t realize they are vulnerable too.Do we keep the gay republicans? the brown ones? what about the ones who can’t ignore mr. epstein?
(DIR) Post #B2DKH0oNzflwBscmxc by cstross@wandering.shop
2026-01-12T16:15:19Z
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@futurebird @lemgandi Kyriarchy is a hell of a drug.
(DIR) Post #B2DYvgJUVe73qbScTo by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-11T21:31:17Z
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Before we get to the staff members at cyber companies, the Financial Times has the staff at X and xAI. https://www.ft.com/content/ad94db4c-95a0-4c65-bd8d-3b43e1251091
(DIR) Post #B2DYvhQcMdPLIznpE8 by GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
2026-01-12T17:10:53Z
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OFCOM have opened a formal investigation into X. They may fine X 10% of its global revenue, require all advertisers to withdraw as an X client, and require UK internet providers to block X. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-content/ofcom-launches-investigation-into-x-over-grok-sexualised-imagery