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Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

January 9, 2026

Three Democratic senators have called for Apple and Google to remove the X and Grok apps from their stores due to the Grok AI tool generating nonconsensual sexual images of individuals, particularly women and children. In response, X has modified the functionality of the Grok reply bot to limit the types of images it can produce and restrict its use to paying subscribers.

Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

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Three Democratic senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok apps.
Grok AI tool was used to create sexualized nonconsensual images of real people.
X implemented changes to restrict Grok's image generation capabilities.
The Grok reply bot had previously generated thousands of sexual images per hour.
Changes to Grok's functionality now limit its use to paying premium subscribers.

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Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

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Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes

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