#childsexualabusematerialcsam — Public Fediverse posts

Associated Press: French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images. “French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok.”

Associated Press: French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images. “French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok.”

Associated Press: French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images. “French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok.”

Associated Press: French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images. “French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok.”

Associated Press: French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images. “French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok.”

Ars Technica: As teens await sentencing for nudifying girls, parents aim to sue school. “The incident could have been caught early, after the school learned of the images following an anonymous report to a state-run tipline. But officials—who at the time weren’t legally required to act—failed to notify parents or police for six months, as the number of victims continued to grow. In total, […]

Engadget: xAI is being sued by teens who say Grok created CSAM using their photos. “xAI, which is already facing multiple investigations around the world over widespread reports that Grok repeatedly created sexualized images of children, is now facing a class action lawsuit. Three teenagers, who allege that photos of them were used by Grok to generate child exploitation material, have filed a […]

Engadget: Alaska could be the next state to crack down on AI-generated CSAM and restrict kids’ social media use. “Alaska’s House of Representatives unanimously passed HB47, a bill that imposes sweeping limits on when and how minors use social media apps, along with bans on generating or distributing harmful deepfakes of children.”

BBC: Tech firms will have 48 hours to remove abusive images under new law. “Tech platforms would have to remove intimate images which have been shared without consent within 48 hours, under a proposed UK law. The government said tackling intimate image abuse should be treated with the same severity as child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and terrorist content.”

Engadget: Europe probes Shein’s addictive app design and illegal product sales. “EC officials are concerned about the sale of illegal products, including child sexual abuse material, as well as the potentially addictive design of its shopping experience. The Commission found fellow low-cost retailer Temu in violation of the Digital Services Act after a similar investigation last year.”

Android Headlines: West Virginia Files Lawsuit Against Apple iCloud For Failing to Stop CSAM Material. “West Virginia has filed a lawsuit against Apple. The state alleges that the iCloud failed to prevent CSAM storage and sharing. It seeks financial penalties and an official court order that would require Apple to adopt advanced CSAM detection systems.”

Al Jazeera: Spain to probe social media giants over AI-generated child abuse material. “The Spanish government ⁠has ordered prosecutors to investigate social media ⁠platforms X, Meta and TikTok for allegedly spreading AI-generated child sexual abuse material, the prime minister has said.”

Associated Press: Musk’s Grok chatbot faces EU privacy investigation over sexualized deepfake images. “Elon Musk’s social media platform X faces a European Union privacy investigation after its Grok AI chatbot started spitting out nonconsensual deepfake images, Ireland’s data privacy regulator said Tuesday.”

Associated Press: Trial against Meta in New Mexico focuses on dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media. “A trial focused on the dangers of child sexual exploitation on social media and whether Meta misrepresented the safety of its platforms is set to start in New Mexico with opening statements Monday.”

Reuters: UNICEF calls for criminalization of AI content depicting child sex abuse. “The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF on Wednesday called for countries to criminalize the creation of AI-generated child sexual abuse content, saying it was alarmed by reports of an increase in the number of artificial intelligence images sexualizing children.”

Washington Post: Inside Musk’s bet to hook users that turned Grok into a porn generator. This link goes to a MSN-syndicated version of the article; there is no paywall. “As part of this push for relevance, xAI embraced making sexualized material, publicly releasing sexy AI companions, rolling back guardrails on sexual material and ignoring internal warnings about the potentially serious legal […]

Engadget: Indonesia is lifting its ban on Grok, but with some conditions. “The country’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs released a statement earlier today, which said X is allowed to resume service in Indonesia but will be subject to monitoring for any future violations.”

Associated Press: Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of investigation into child abuse images and deepfakes. “French prosecutors searched the offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences, including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes.”

Engadget: Amazon discovered a ‘high volume’ of CSAM in its AI training data but isn’t saying where it came from. “The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children said it received more than 1 million reports of AI-related child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in 2025. The ‘vast majority’ of that content was reported by Amazon, which found the material in its training data, according to an […]

CBS News: X, Grok AI still allow users to digitally undress people without consent, as EU announces investigation. “The tool still worked Monday on both the standalone Grok app, and for verified X users in the U.K, the U.S. and European Union, despite public pledges from the company to stop its chatbot allowing people to use artificial intelligence to edit images of real people and show them in […]

Politico: Grok could have produced 3 million sexual deepfakes in 11 days, says estimate. “A study on the artificial intelligence chatbot Grok embedded on X estimates it created 3 million sexualized images in 11 days in January, including 23,000 of children. Meanwhile European regulators have yet to decide how to handle the explosion of nonconsensual deepfakes on the already embattled platform.”

Reuters: Japan probing Musk’s Grok AI service over inappropriate images. “Japan said on Friday that it has become the latest country to probe X over Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence service Grok, stating that the government would consider every possible option to prevent the generation of inappropriate images.”

The Guardian: My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare . “Before I was even in high school, my image had been used for child sexual abuse material (CSAM). … I wasn’t a beautiful girl – my awkward age lasted from about age 10 to about 25 – and I acted almost exclusively in family-friendly movies. But I was a public figure, so I was accessible. […]

Gizmodo: California Launches Investigation Into Grok’s Nonconsensual Sexual Images. “The state’s Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Wednesday that he is opening a probe into the situation to determine if X and xAI, Musk’s AI company and the maker of the chatbot Grok that was used to generate the pornographic images, broke the law.”

Mashable: Grok ban: The nations considering blocking AI chatbot over nonconsensual sexual content. “In response to slow movement from X’s teams, countries have begun tamping down access to xAI’s bot and standalone app, as several conduct investigations into Grok’s safeguards, xAI’s response, and the possibility that the company is violating various online safety laws.”

Ars Technica: Apps like Grok are explicitly banned under Google’s rules—why is it still in the Play Store? . “It really could not be more clear from Google’s publicly available policies that Grok should have been banned yesterday. And yet, it remains in the Play Store. Not only that—it enjoys a T for Teen rating, one notch below the M-rated X app. Apple also still offers the Grok app on […]

Gizmodo: The Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Just Reportedly Blocked Grok. “On Saturday, Indonesia, the fourth most populous country on Earth, apparently issued a temporary block of the the Grok chatbot, with Meutya Hafid, Indonesia’s minister of communication and digital affairs saying in a statement, ‘The government views the practice of non-consensual sexual deepfakes as a […]

The Verge: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards. “Since X’s users started using Grok to undress women and children using deepfake images, I have been waiting for what I assumed would be inevitable: X getting booted from Apple’s and Google’s app stores. The fact that it hasn’t happened yet tells me something serious about Silicon Valley’s leadership: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are […]

NBC News: Senators urged Apple and Google to remove Musk’s X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes. “Three Democratic senators urged Apple and Google to remove Elon Musk’s apps X and Grok from their app stores Thursday evening after xAI’s Grok artificial intelligence tool had been used to flood X with sexualized nonconsensual images of real people.”

Ars Technica: X blames users for Grok-generated CSAM; no fixes announced. “On Saturday, X Safety finally posted an official response after nearly a week of backlash over Grok outputs that sexualized real people without consent. Offering no apology for Grok’s functionality, X Safety blamed users for prompting Grok to produce CSAM while reminding them that such prompts can trigger account […]

BBC: UK seeking to curb AI child sex abuse imagery with tougher testing. “The UK government will allow tech firms and child safety charities to proactively test artificial intelligence tools to make sure they cannot create child sexual abuse imagery.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/12/bbc-uk-seeking-to-curb-ai-child-sex-abuse-imagery-with-tougher-testing/

Political gridlock endangers children’s rights to protection from online sexual abuse https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/opinion/political-gridlock-endangers-childrens-rights-to-protection-from-online-sexual-abuse/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerialCSAM #CSAM #dataprivacy #EuropeanCommission

MEPs must support child sexual abuse legislation as criminals target Europe https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/opinion/meps-must-support-child-sexual-abuse-legislation-as-criminals-target-europe/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerialCSAM #CSAM #IWF #UnitedKingdom

Resistance lingers to Hungarian presidency’s new push for child sexual abuse prevention regulation https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/resistance-lingers-to-hungarian-presidencys-new-push-for-child-sexual-abuse-prevention-regulation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerialCSAM #coreper #CSAM #ePrivacyDirective

The who’s who of the Parliament’s tech committees https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/news/the-whos-who-of-the-parliaments-tech-committees/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AIAct #AILiabilityDirective #childsexualabusematerialCSAM

Draft law to detect online child sexual abuse material stalled again https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/draft-law-to-detect-online-child-sexual-abuse-material-stalled-again/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerialCSAM #coreper #CSAM #encryption

EU nears consensus on child abuse draft law, new agency takes lead on privacy preservation https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/eu-nears-consensus-on-child-abuse-draft-law-new-agency-takes-lead-on-privacy-preservation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Belgianpresidency #childsexualabusematerialCSAM #coreper #CSAM

Child sexual abuse: New approach puts focus on Coordinating Authority’s roles https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/child-sexual-abuse-new-approach-puts-focus-on-coordinating-authoritys-roles/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerial #childsexualabusematerialCSAM

Council of Europe report: European Commission must step up action to preserve media freedom, protect journalists https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/council-of-europe-report-european-commission-must-step-up-action-to-preserve-media-freedom-protect-journalists/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerial #childsexualabusematerialCSAM

EU countries share case studies on fighting child sexual abuse material https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/eu-countries-share-case-studies-on-fighting-child-sexual-abuse-material/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerial #childsexualabusematerialCSAM

EU Ombudsman launches probe into Europol officials’ alleged conflict of interest https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/eu-ombudsman-launches-probe-into-europol-officials-alleged-conflict-of-interest/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerial #childsexualabusematerialCSAM

Commission highlights data shortfall in interim child sexual abuse regulation https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/commission-highlights-data-shortfall-in-interim-child-sexual-abuse-regulation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerial #childsexualabusematerialCSAM

EU countries want to extend temporary child sexual abuse regulation to 2027 https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/eu-countries-want-to-extend-temporary-child-sexual-abuse-regulation-to-2027/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerial #childsexualabusematerialCSAM

Child sexual abuse material: Spanish Presidency floats limiting detection orders’ scope https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/child-sexual-abuse-material-spanish-presidency-floats-limiting-detection-orders-scope/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childsexualabusematerial #childsexualabusematerialCSAM #coreper

Child sexual abuse: New compromise text puts focus on EU Centre https://www.euractiv.com/section/law-enforcement/news/child-sexual-abuse-new-compromise-text-puts-focus-on-eu-centre/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #budget #childsexualabusematerialCSAM #CSAM #EuropeanCommision

Child protection or violation of privacy? https://www.euractiv.com/section/digital/podcast/child-protection-or-violation-of-privacy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #childprotectiononline #childsexualabusematerialCSAM #Privacy