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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)

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EasternStandard · 09/01/2026 14:00

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 13:53

Isn't that akin to saying you are quite OK with pornography as long as you don't see it ?

Where did the pp say that?

indoorherbs · 09/01/2026 14:01

What's the best alternative? I don't want to be in a woke echo chamber but this latest news has crossed a line for me

TooBigForMyBoots · 09/01/2026 14:02

Ahappyplaty · 09/01/2026 13:36

Why didn’t they ban porn hub etc. It’s said that some of it is very dubious.

Strange they want to ban X where Starmer regularly gets community
noted for telling lies.

This isn’t about protecting women and girls - if it was grooming gangs and stranger rapes and domestic violence would be a government priority.

This is to stop Ben and Sandra aged 50 realising that the msm is full of lies and to be able to watch highlights of Starmer lying in PMQs etc and the speaker letting him get away with it.

Or the Iranian protests which have barely been covered by the BBC. There have been very few protestors on UK streets about what has happened in Iran. Or the murder of Nigerians.

Sorry but Starmer and Labour does not care about women and girls unless it suits him to use it censor us.

So yes I’ll use X

The government doesn't want to ban X, it wants Musk to remove the pornification feature from Grok and X to take down such images when asked.

So many women arguing that men be able to pornify and distribute sexualised images of children and unsuspecting adults at will. WTF has happened to Mumsnet?🤯

ZoggyStirdust · 09/01/2026 14:04

A lot of these responses read like men explaining why they are still mates with Dave despite him being a porn using misogynistic abuser.

its ok because I don’t see that side of him

other people do it too

if you ignore that he’s good company

BalladOfBarryAndFreda · 09/01/2026 14:06

TooBigForMyBoots · 09/01/2026 14:02

The government doesn't want to ban X, it wants Musk to remove the pornification feature from Grok and X to take down such images when asked.

So many women arguing that men be able to pornify and distribute sexualised images of children and unsuspecting adults at will. WTF has happened to Mumsnet?🤯

The flying monkey apologists have taken over. Cesspit.

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 14:10

EasternStandard · 09/01/2026 14:00

Where did the pp say that?

It's a logical inference from their stating that as long as they see no evil on X they are OK continuing to use it.

I have a rather unfortunate tendency to see what people do long before I hear what they have to say. I guess because light travels faster than sound.

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 14:11

indoorherbs · 09/01/2026 14:01

What's the best alternative? I don't want to be in a woke echo chamber but this latest news has crossed a line for me

Depends what your goal is, really.

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 14:12

ZoggyStirdust · 09/01/2026 14:04

A lot of these responses read like men explaining why they are still mates with Dave despite him being a porn using misogynistic abuser.

its ok because I don’t see that side of him

other people do it too

if you ignore that he’s good company

"I see no ships ...."

Talkinpeace · 09/01/2026 14:18

XTwitter is the best site for breaking news.
XTwitter is one of the very few sites where posters cannot delete / hide the comments of others

It has vile rubbish on it - so does every social media platform.
Hit the back button and mute or block.

I started using this name back on teh Ebay Boards 20 years ago. The Friday night bunfights were legendary.

Grok produces vile images.
So does every AI and many pervy men.

Public bodies flouncing of to sites like Facebook and Linkedin where they cannot get ratioed is pure cowardice.

EasternStandard · 09/01/2026 14:26

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 14:10

It's a logical inference from their stating that as long as they see no evil on X they are OK continuing to use it.

I have a rather unfortunate tendency to see what people do long before I hear what they have to say. I guess because light travels faster than sound.

Not really. It’s just more censure and control over women.

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 14:28

XTwitter is the best site for breaking news.

Shame there's no such thing as an ability to subscribe to text only content that is Really Simply Syndicated

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS

RSS - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS

EasternStandard · 09/01/2026 14:31

It’s just posters asking women to stop using a platform because men do awful stuff on it. Take it up with those men, don’t have a go at women on here.

Worldgonecrazy · 09/01/2026 14:38

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.

Same here. I presume its algorithm led? I follow a lot of GC women on there.

Facebook seems to be worse for showing me racist posts, but if you indicate to the algorithm you find these distasteful it will happily fill your feed with something else.

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 14:39

EasternStandard · 09/01/2026 14:26

Not really. It’s just more censure and control over women.

Only the PP can speak for themselves.

Lovelyview · 09/01/2026 14:40

BalladOfBarryAndFreda · 09/01/2026 14:06

The flying monkey apologists have taken over. Cesspit.

Feminist campaigner Julie Bindel is on X, women's rights advocate and top author JK Rowling is on X, Omid Djalli - comedian and Iranian Revolution supporter is currently updating regularly on the situation in Iran on X. LGB Alliance post on X, Surrogacy concern post on X. Many feminist campaigners were previously banned from X because they were drawing attention to the issues which were being created by men who identified as women being allowed access to women's spaces and you will still be banned from Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram for these views. On X you can now say these things. Elon Musk is a dickhead and the world is currently being designed by porn addled geeks but at least on X you can say that.

EasternStandard · 09/01/2026 14:41

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 14:39

Only the PP can speak for themselves.

I think that’s good advice for your earlier post where you reinterpreted a pp.

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 14:43

EasternStandard · 09/01/2026 14:41

I think that’s good advice for your earlier post where you reinterpreted a pp.

Pleased you have taken me under your wing to help me navigate these troubled waters.

Many thanks

EasternStandard · 09/01/2026 14:47

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 14:43

Pleased you have taken me under your wing to help me navigate these troubled waters.

Many thanks

Right. Ditto.

TooBigForMyBoots · 09/01/2026 14:53

Lovelyview · 09/01/2026 14:40

Feminist campaigner Julie Bindel is on X, women's rights advocate and top author JK Rowling is on X, Omid Djalli - comedian and Iranian Revolution supporter is currently updating regularly on the situation in Iran on X. LGB Alliance post on X, Surrogacy concern post on X. Many feminist campaigners were previously banned from X because they were drawing attention to the issues which were being created by men who identified as women being allowed access to women's spaces and you will still be banned from Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram for these views. On X you can now say these things. Elon Musk is a dickhead and the world is currently being designed by porn addled geeks but at least on X you can say that.

Hopefully they're all doing the sensible thing and petitioning Musk to remove this very harmful feature. Rather than arguing for men's right to be able to instantly pornify people and distribute the images.

FollowSpot · 09/01/2026 15:03

I want to delete my X account.

I can see the option to 'de-activate' but does that mean 'delete'? I want it all gone, all my data removed from Musk's clutches.

is that possible? Does 'de-activate' mean delete?

Theolittle · 09/01/2026 15:04

I was already disgusted with the lies, misinformation and horrible opinions expressed on X so I’ve used this as a last straw to deactivate my account.

Theolittle · 09/01/2026 15:05

FollowSpot · 09/01/2026 15:03

I want to delete my X account.

I can see the option to 'de-activate' but does that mean 'delete'? I want it all gone, all my data removed from Musk's clutches.

is that possible? Does 'de-activate' mean delete?

I think it gets deleted after you’ve deactivated for a period - that’s what ChatGPT tells me

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 15:06

FollowSpot · 09/01/2026 15:03

I want to delete my X account.

I can see the option to 'de-activate' but does that mean 'delete'? I want it all gone, all my data removed from Musk's clutches.

is that possible? Does 'de-activate' mean delete?

No. It has to remain de activated for a while (from memory when I did it) it was 2 weeks. You will be spammed asking you to reactivate it - especially if you click on any X links.

After that you should see a "Permanently deleted my account (but keep my data)" option.

ChatGPT is quite good at stuff like this, so you may as well use it. Especially if you like irony.

SerendipityJane · 09/01/2026 15:08

The thing is since Elon took over, X is even more opaque about how many "accounts" it has. Because that's how it charges for advertising. The fewer accounts it has the less it can charge.

And i know for a fact that it still has a non-zero number of fake accounts.

PollyPlumPeach · 09/01/2026 15:15

Okiedokie123 · 08/01/2026 17:56

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

Why reply then