Großbritannien droht mit Sanktionen, falls Großbritannien X/Twitter verbietet

slight editorialisation swapping UK PM surname for Country name for international readers

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> #UK threatened with sanctions if Starmer bans X
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> **Legislation for penalties ‘being drafted’ in the US as Britain investigates online safety breach**
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> Matthew Field Senior Technology Reporter. Dominic Penna Senior Political Correspondent
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> 09 January 2026 12:50pm GMT
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> Britain has been threatened with sanctions if Sir Keir Starmer attempts to block Elon Musk’s X over its AI tool undressing women and children.
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> Anna Paulina Luna, a US Republican congresswoman and ally of Donald Trump, warned she would bring forward legislation to “sanction not only Starmer, but Britain as a whole” if it moved to ban the social media platform.
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> She issued the threat after Sir Keir called for “all options to be on the table” to force X to stop thousands of non-consensual sexualised images of women from being shared on social media.
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> Users have been using the social network’s AI chatbot, Grok, to digitally undress pictures of women, including ministers, MPs and celebrities, without their consent. Some images also included children.
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> Officials are now considering whether these images breach the UK’s Online Safety Act, which has the power to levy billions of pounds in fines or ban apps entirely.
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> However, the possibility of a ban has already sparked tensions with policymakers in the US.
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> Ms Luna, who serves on the House foreign affairs committee, said legislation was “currently being drafted” to introduce potential sanctions on the UK.
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> She said this would “mirror actions previously taken by the US in response to foreign governments restricting the platform”.
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> This included sanctioning a Brazilian judge who briefly imposed a ban on X in 2024.
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> The US also banned Thierry Breton, the former EU markets tsar who led Europe’s efforts to crack down on US technology giants, from entering America in December.
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> Ms Luna said: “This is a political war against Elon Musk and free speech – nothing more.”
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> The controversy has already led to X seeking a potential climbdown, as it appeared to start halting thousands of attempts to create non-consensual sexualised images using Grok.
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> In response to user requests to create these images, Grok said: “Image generation and editing are currently limited to paying subscribers.”
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> However, Downing Street said the latest changes did not go far enough.
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> The Prime Minister’s spokesman said the change “simply turns an AI feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service”.
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> “It’s not a solution. In fact, it’s insulting to the victims of misogyny and sexual violence.
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> “What it does prove is that X can move swiftly when it wants to do so.”
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> A potential ban on X, which has 20 million users in the UK, would mark a significant escalation in a free speech row between Britain and the US.
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> The Online Safety Act gives Ofcom, the technology regulator, powers to request a court order requiring internet providers and app stores to prevent access to websites that repeatedly break the law.
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> The regulator has never exercised its power, and a lengthy legal process would be required should it do so.
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> Sir Keir said on Thursday: “Ofcom has our full support to take action in relation to this. It’s unlawful. We’re not going to tolerate it. I’ve asked for all options to be on the table.”
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> A No 10 spokesman confirmed on Friday that “all options” were on the table and that Ofcom had the authority to use its powers to “take any action”.
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> “As we’ve set out on a number of occasions, all options are on the table. We must stop these abhorrent images being made on Grok, and we will prioritise action on this.”
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> Meanwhile, Anna Turley, the chairman of the Labour Party, said on Friday there were “conversations taking place” about Labour quitting X.
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> She said: “We have the online safety powers; we need to make sure they are used, and Ofcom has the full support of the Prime Minister.”
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The uSa is NO ONE’s friend any more. fART of the deal, eh? Seem to me like all ole orange kid diddler von shitty pants has is oven mitts and a rusty hammer he uses to fix things.

I.E. “Better let your women get victimized by perverts taking pictures of them and sexualixing them via Grok A.I. for their own pleasure or you will get sanctions!”

Musk is leading a movement to push women deep into second class status.

Fucking bring it! The USA are bullies.,, the way to deal with bullies is to say ‘fuck off do it…’

We don’t care.
Regards,
The UK

EU should also ban X/ Twitter . The fact it piss Trump is even better .

We should ban shitter in all of Europe.

Good, its about time we went on a US free diet for a while

BAN TWITTER

At this point USA is like the analogue of an abusive partner 

Do it Keir. Don’t be a pussy

Fuck. You. Go for it.

“You need to allow our AI child pornography app or we will sanction you” – Republicans

Ban it and get as far away from USA as possible, as soon as possible.

DO IT

Everyone should dump X in support of UK. Fuck them.

So the country that has a paedophile for a president is threatening to sanction a country for banning a website that makes abuse images of underage children.

I mean it’s on brand if nothing else.

Ban it EU wide pls. X, TT, Meta, thx.

So the US is protecting the world’s richest person over its allies. Why am I not surprised?

Do it. It’s time to move on.