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January 10, 2026
Musk accuses UK of drive to ‘suppress free speech’
Elon Musk has been feuding with British officials for months, accusing them of censoring and arresting their own people over tweets
TL;DR
- Elon Musk alleges UK government is suppressing free speech by threatening to ban his AI chatbot, Grok.
- The UK's Ofcom is investigating Grok for generating non-consensual erotic deepfake images.
- UK Technology Secretary Liz Kendall supports Ofcom blocking Grok's access if necessary.
- A user demonstrated that Google Gemini and OpenAI's ChatGPT can also generate deepfake images.
- Musk stated, 'They just want to suppress free speech.'
- X recently restricted Grok's image tools to paying subscribers and warned against illegal content creation.
- Musk has a history of accusing UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer of suppressing free speech, particularly following anti-immigration riots.
- Musk and Starmer have feuded over the handling of the grooming gang scandal.
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