One of Trump's officials has lashed out at the UK government for considering a ban on X.

A Donald Trump official has accused the British government of considering a “Russia-style” ban on the social media platform X.

UK ministers say “all options are on the table” when it comes to punishing the website formerly known as Twitter after its AI bot Grok was allowed to generate unsolicited, sexualised images of women and children.

Regulator Ofcom launched an investigation into the platform under the Online Safety Act on Monday.

So far, X has responded to the outrage by making the image-generation tool only available to paying subscribers – a move which exacerbated the general fury in the UK.

The platform’s CEO, former Trump adviser

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