Apple, Google face pressure to remove X and Grok from their app stores

January 15, 2026

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Nearly 30 advocacy groups are calling on Google and Apple to remove X and Grok from their app stores.
The groups cite Grok's ability to generate sexualized images of minors and women as a violation of tech companies' policies.
xAI announced measures to geoblock certain image generation and restrict the feature to paid subscribers.
Elon Musk denied knowledge of Grok generating naked underage images, stating the chatbot declines illegal prompts.
Criticism escalated after Grok reportedly enabled users to create images of minors in minimal clothing.
Copyleaks detected thousands of sexually explicit images created by Grok, estimating a high rate of nonconsensual sexualized image creation.
The Internet Watch Foundation expressed concern about the ease of generating photo-realistic child sexual abuse material.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced an investigation into the sexually explicit material produced using Grok.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer raised the possibility of banning X over the AI tool's image generation.
The European Commission is monitoring X's actions to prevent inappropriate image generation.

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