Sarah B Rogers and Keir Starmer

An official from Donald Trump’s State Department has hit back at the UK as ministers weigh up banning X after the platform’s AI bot Grok began generating sexualised images of women and children.

Keir Starmer has condemned the website, headed up by ex-Trump adviser Elon Musk, for allowing its built-in bot to offer the “disgusting and shameful” service.

The prime minister had said “all options are on the table” when it comes to punishing the US-based platform.

Speaking to GB News on Monday, the US department of state’s Sarah B Rogers threw Starmer’s own words back at him.

The under-secretary of state for public diplomacy said: “I would say from America’s perspective... nothing is off the table when it comes to free speech.

“Let’s wait and see what Ofcom does and we’ll see what America does in response.”

Rogers has often criticised the UK and its European allies........

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