{"id":308331,"date":"2026-01-09T18:00:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-gives-ofcom-full-backing-to-use-powers-to-ban-x-in-uk\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T18:00:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T18:00:35","slug":"minister-gives-ofcom-full-backing-to-use-powers-to-ban-x-in-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/minister-gives-ofcom-full-backing-to-use-powers-to-ban-x-in-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister gives Ofcom full backing to use powers to ban X in UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/BdDylw5o8jw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Minister gives Ofcom full backing to use powers to ban X in UK\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BdDylw5o8jw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Technology secretary Liz Kendall says the images being produced by Grok is &#8216;despicable and abhorrent&#8217;, following complaints of the AI tool creating images that sexualises women and children.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Sexualising images of children is one of the worst crime imaginable and I think it&#8217;s insulting to say, that you can still access this service if you pay for it,&quot; says minister.<\/p>\n<p>She urges Ofcom to use &quot;the full powers of the law that Parliament has given it.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>&quot;X needs to get a grip and get this material down, and I would remind them that in the Online Safety Act there are backstop powers to block access to services if they refuse to comply with the law, for people in the UK,&quot; she adds.<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #uknews #politics #labourparty #socialmedia #elonmusk #grok <\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/get-a-grip-on-grok-starmer-tells-x-after-ai-tool-is-used-for-child-sex-images-13492111<\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&amp;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Sky News Daily podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/skynewsdaily\/ <\/p>\n<p>To enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technology secretary Liz Kendall says the images being produced by Grok is &#8216;despicable and abhorrent&#8217;, following complaints of the AI tool creating images that sexualises women and children. &quot;Sexualising images of children is one of the worst crime imaginable and I think it&#8217;s insulting to say, that you can still access this service if you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":308332,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[148879,129067,130295],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-308331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-kendall","tag-secretary","tag-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minister gives Ofcom full backing to use powers to ban X in UK | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Minister gives Ofcom full backing to use powers to ban X in UK for free, here on News ISC. 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