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We’ve Hit Grok Bottom
Ctrl-Alt-Speech
Ctrl-Alt-Speech
We’ve Hit Grok Bottom
Jan 15, 2026
Season 1
Episode 87
Mike Masnick & Ben Whitelaw
In this week's round-up of the latest news in online speech, content moderation and internet regulation, Mike and Ben cover:
- UK, Canadian watchdogs press on with probes into Elon Musk's Grok chatbot (Reuters)
- Musk’s xAI limits Grok’s ability to create sexualized images of real people on X after backlash (CNBC)
- X claims it has stopped Grok from undressing people, but of course it hasn’t (The Verge)
- State Department Threatens UK Over Grok Investigation, Because Only The US Is Allowed To Ban Foreign Apps (Techdirt)
- Keir Starmer tells MPs he is open to social media ban for young people (The Guardian)
- Statement from the Molly Rose Foundation (LinkedIn)
- Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s (The Guardian)
- Some social media use can benefit teen mental health (AAP)
- Arlington-focused Facebook group with 25,000 members is removed, angering moderators (ARLnow)
- Bandcamp becomes the first major music platform to ban AI content (The Verge)
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