No 10 condemns ‘insulting’ move by X to restrict Grok AI image tool
Spokesperson says limiting access to paying subscribers just makes ability to generate unlawful images a premium service
UK ministers considering leaving X amid concern over AI tool images
Labour party chair says government having conversations about use of platform in light of sexualised Grok images
Software tackling deepfakes to be piloted for Scottish and Welsh elections
Electoral Commission says tools to detect AI-generated content could be in place before campaigns begin
Commons women and equalities committee to stop using X amid AI-altered images row
Exclusive: Move follows outcry over use of Grok to digitally remove clothing from images of women and children
Liz Kendall says Elon Musk’s X must urgently deal with ‘appalling’ sexualised deepfake content produced by Grok AI – as it happened
Science secretary says the deepfake content being produced on the platform is ‘unacceptable in decent society’
Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister
Liz Kendall calls on X to ‘deal with this urgently’ while expert criticises ‘worryingly slow’ government response
Uber rewrites contracts with drivers to avoid paying UK’s new ‘taxi tax’
Hailing app will now act as agent rather than supplier outside London, avoiding VAT requirement
Alaa Abd el-Fattah ‘will not be stripped of British citizenship’ over past tweets
Government sources say social media posts by British-Egyptian activist do not meet legal bar for such sanction
Tuesday briefing: A surreal year in news gives our cartoonists endless material
In today’s newsletter: Covering everything from Donald Trump to AI, and Gaza to Ukraine, award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Ben Jennings shares his favourite caricatures of 2025, and we share ours too.
More than half a million pounds spent on influencers by UK government since 2024
Figures from FoI request show increase in ministerial use of social media personalities to present campaigns
‘Undermines free speech’: Labour MP hits back at US government over visa ban on UK campaigners
Chi Onwurah speaks out after Marco Rubio accused five Europeans, including two Britons, of ‘seeking to suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
UK politics: Government says it is ‘fully committed to free speech’ after campaigners’ US visa ban – as it happened
Imran Ahmed and Clare Melford among five Europeans hit with visa bans over claims they wish to ‘suppress American viewpoints they oppose’
Should we turn the internet off?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions ponders whether life would be better in a post-online, analogue world
UK politics: ‘Not clear’ who was behind FCDO hack, says minister, amid reports of China link – as it happened
Chris Bryant confirms October cyber-attack as the Sun names Storm 1849, a Chinese hacker group, as being responsible
UK Foreign Office victim of cyber-attack in October, says Chris Bryant
Minister says risk to ‘any individual’ from cyber-attack is low and that it is still unclear who is responsible