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If you're still on X are you ok with what Grok's been doing?

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user4532789 · 08/01/2026 17:15

Young girls, un-consenting women and now this

@eliothiggins.bsky.social‬
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
13:30 · 8 Jan 2026

Eliot Higgins (@eliothiggins.bsky.social)

Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.

https://bsky.app/profile/eliothiggins.bsky.social

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SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 17:31

Some people just read it for the articles.

user4532789 · 08/01/2026 17:40

user4532789 · 08/01/2026 17:15

Young girls, un-consenting women and now this

@eliothiggins.bsky.social‬
Just seen Grok putting the body of the victim of the ICE shooting in Minneapolis into a bikini. Digital corpse desecration now available to the public.
13:30 · 8 Jan 2026

edited as accidentally replied to my own OP 😊

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user4532789 · 08/01/2026 17:41

SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 17:31

Some people just read it for the articles.

😂

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StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 08/01/2026 17:45

I'm still on x. Definitely not ok with everything you named.

SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 17:47

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 08/01/2026 17:45

I'm still on x. Definitely not ok with everything you named.

But you are. If you weren't, you'd leave it.

user4532789 · 08/01/2026 17:50

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 08/01/2026 17:45

I'm still on x. Definitely not ok with everything you named.

Out of curiosity, why do you stay?

I used to love it for the fast breaking news and the humour - people used to be so funny on there, but have been off for a while as I was finding it too toxic even before all this.

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bombastix · 08/01/2026 17:50

Urgh. Why are people still on Twitter? It sounds like a sewer

Okiedokie123 · 08/01/2026 17:56

I have literally no idea what this thread is all about! What or who is Grok?

Sallakadoula · 08/01/2026 17:58

I like twitter as it's one of the few places I openly follow pages and people related to women's rights, female only spaces, etc.

I don't use it a great deal but I've no plans on walking away from it.

StrictlyAFemaleFemale · 08/01/2026 17:58

I like being exposed to opinions and experiences that vary from my own. I like reading first hand what jk Rowling is tweeting. And Larry the cat.

GalaxyJam · 08/01/2026 17:59

Okiedokie123 · 08/01/2026 17:56

I have literally no idea what this thread is all about! What or who is Grok?

If you Google it, there is a lot of information. There have been many articles about it in the MSM.

MightyGoldBear · 08/01/2026 18:00

Not on twitter and not ok with grok. Unfortunately this isn't new. Men, as let's face it it's largely all men have been doing this for years since ai/ similar software started.

It's depressing.

Sallakadoula · 08/01/2026 18:00

I had to Google grok. So it's AI owned by Musk and at times is being used for nefarious purposes. Like all AI.

UnhappyHobbit · 08/01/2026 18:01

SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 17:47

But you are. If you weren't, you'd leave it.

Why are you trying to police what people do? It’s such black and white thinking. It’s a huge platform and people are following what they follow. If I look hard enough at everything thing I’m subscribed to or use, I’d find something that violates my ethics.

SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 18:03

UnhappyHobbit · 08/01/2026 18:01

Why are you trying to police what people do? It’s such black and white thinking. It’s a huge platform and people are following what they follow. If I look hard enough at everything thing I’m subscribed to or use, I’d find something that violates my ethics.

Do what you want. You are anyway.

HopSpringsEternal · 08/01/2026 18:04

UnhappyHobbit · 08/01/2026 18:01

Why are you trying to police what people do? It’s such black and white thinking. It’s a huge platform and people are following what they follow. If I look hard enough at everything thing I’m subscribed to or use, I’d find something that violates my ethics.

Its so bad now though. I used to love it but find it completely unusable.For the vileness, that gets shoved my way despite very obviously not being interested in any of it.

Facebook is getting almost as bad with all the racists on every post. Apart from MN i tend to avoid all social media now as theye feel like radicalisation stations.

Violetparis · 08/01/2026 18:14

I'm on X, I don't follow toxic accounts. I do like seeing a range of opinions on things which challenge my own thinking. There is horrible, abusive people on all social platforms including this one.

Sartre · 08/01/2026 18:19

I still have an account because for some reason my DC’s schools still post all pics on there but I haven’t dared scroll through the feed for about 18 months. Every time I did it was filled with horrific graphic images of dead Palestinians and I couldn’t bear it.

SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 18:21

Sartre · 08/01/2026 18:19

I still have an account because for some reason my DC’s schools still post all pics on there but I haven’t dared scroll through the feed for about 18 months. Every time I did it was filled with horrific graphic images of dead Palestinians and I couldn’t bear it.

So a school is posting on a platform that has AI running rampant sexualising mages of girls ?

SerendipityJane · 08/01/2026 18:22

Violetparis · 08/01/2026 18:14

I'm on X, I don't follow toxic accounts. I do like seeing a range of opinions on things which challenge my own thinking. There is horrible, abusive people on all social platforms including this one.

Like I said, you read it for the articles.

IncessantNameChanger · 08/01/2026 18:23

This has reminded me to wipe both my X accounts, because it's a cess pit in every aspect. Also I might want to visit the US at some point and it would be easier to remove my SM footprint as X was public posts

RedToothBrush · 08/01/2026 18:24

Is this a trick question?

Of course I'm not ok with it. I barely use twitter, but find it useful for certain things occasionally. I never post or interact with other users.

I'm not quite sure why we are being scolded by someone who then uses blue.sky though given the dodgy stuff I've seen on it and how it's had issues with Child Abuse Images.

I'm also on FB still despite some pretty shitty stuff on there and how it's used by scammers and I've seen friends being sexually harassed etc. I know someone who used to work for them and whistleblew to the media and has some interesting stuff to say.

I have very limited use. I don't feel the need to justify that too much tbh. I'm slightly of the opinion that my boycotting isn't going to make any material difference due to my usage and patterns of usage. I also am mindful of how it's essentially online cities and criminality is something you can't wipe out because of the nature of criminals.

I do think that Grok needs to be dealt with on the subject of AI generated pictures. I also think the law needs tightening in the UK so there is more comeback and crucially better police enforcement of a huge issue with online abuse and harassment more generally which isn't taken seriously too. It relies on better international cooperation on the issue too.

Otherwise all you do is move the problem around the internet to places it's harder to identify where people are doing this. It still tends to be a relatively small number of individuals generating a huge number of these networks and images and they actually need to be dealt with by law enforcement rather than purely playing whackamole with accounts across all manner of websites not just the big ones.

I'm very much aware of the issues but my frustration is more with how stuff we were seeing first hand nearly 15 years ago still isn't really being taken seriously enough by governments because they have such poor understanding of tech and have failed to invest in dealing with adequate services to tackle a growing problem.

Yes the big tech companies absolutely should be all be doing more on various related issues to this. Their complaints and moderation are totally inadequate. (I ended up on MN for a reason). But I also don't think I should be self excluded from the online world because I don't think it is useful. The sheer number of fake and duplicate accounts is astonishing. After seeing someone had created over a thousand FB accounts to cheat at a shitty FB game, I came to the conclusion its pretty ridiculous to think it is going to make any difference.

It's unfortunately an appalling issue which is merely part of a much bigger problem that needs heads of state to work together to tackle anything else is really not much more than moving the furniture slightly.

Sallakadoula · 08/01/2026 18:24

I've never seen a concerning image on X.

Nothing images wise of dead people, war casualties, sexual images, inappropriate stuff, etc.

I can't think of one awful image I've seen on there!

I wonder why some people seem to be getting this unpleasantness and others aren't. Genuinely curious. I'm assuming it's something algorithm based but not sure.

LilyCanna · 08/01/2026 18:25

Sallakadoula · 08/01/2026 18:00

I had to Google grok. So it's AI owned by Musk and at times is being used for nefarious purposes. Like all AI.

Not all AI is used to generate non-consensual indecent images, including of children and of corpses. Musk has chosen to allow it. Someone estimated that X has 8 of these images generated by Grok every minute and I expect the media outrage has only driven that traffic up.

ditalini · 08/01/2026 18:26

No. I'm not ok with it. I reported two posts a couple of days ago - one where grok completed a request to put a man in a bikini with swastikas on it and another where the same image was made to look like the man was covered in spunk.

Reply was that neither broke the safety policies.

I only saw the posts because it switched me to the "for you" feed again. Usually I stick to "following" which is tailored to my interests and pretty non-toxic.