Dr Pen

@DrPen
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Tech society posts and shares from Dr Pen, Digital Media & Humanities academic based in Malta, from London. Late bloomer, a bit pithy.

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Republican bullies deploy more threats against the UK to protect their big tech corporate allies.
X UK revenues drop nearly 60% in a year as content concerns spook advertisers
L: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/09/x-uk-revenues-drop-nearly-60-in-a-year-as-advertisers-pull-out-over-content-concerns
C: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46553503
posted on 2026.01.09 at 08:16:48 (c=0, p=8)
X UK revenues drop nearly 60% in a year as content concerns spook advertisers

Elon Musk-owned site reports plunging profits amid outcry over use of AI tool Grok to create sexually explicit imagery

The Guardian

So Big Tech has started undressing our children so as to make even more profit off them.

Where are the Irish, UK and USA governments? An Irish Minister blames users. While the EU is complaining about Twitter on Twitter.

Big Tech own our governments. They own our politicians.

It's all about innovation and progress. Here we are having our children stripped of their rights and clothes to be sold for Big Tech profit. Here we are, with women facing an onslaught of Big Tech misogyny.

Toxic men.

Every business day, I monitor the posts on X of the students applying for jobs at our company for background checks.

On X these days, there are just so many inactive accounts and bots to begin with. The number of accounts where actual humans are expressing their opinions is probably less than one-twentieth of the total.

We are very well aware of the fact that X for Grok is now offering a spicy mode showing explicit sexual content with some output generated with childlike images:

📌 A detailed request for information on Grok has been sent to X, and we are reviewing the company’s responses.

📌 X has been ordered to retain all internal documents and data concerning Grok’s features until the end of 2026.

The Digital Services Act is very clear:

In the EU, all platforms have to get their own house in order.

@Paulatics thank you! Please let me know how I can help. I work for a nonprofit that promotes the use of the Fediverse.
And here is my more recent exchange with CBC executives, wherein I called on them to set up a Mastodon instance! https://youtu.be/lJUeQZlvD-E?si=S7QniO7pES3s4Gtv #CBC #TRCM #Mastodon
CBC stays on X to reach audiences despite hate speech concerns - but isn't on Bluesky or Mastodon.

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As many of you will know, I’ve been campaigning for more than a year to get the Govt of Canada off X. This week’s Grok nonsense pushed me over the edge - and I said a very bad word! https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2026/01/07/get-the-fk-off-there-mps-senators-call-on-government-to-abandon-x-twitter-following-wave-of-grok-porn/487023/ #cdnpoli #X #Grok
‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’

A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X (formerly Twitter) has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.

The Hill Times

Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them.

It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.

https://disconnect.blog/elon-musks-x-must-be-banned/

#tech #socialmedia #elonmusk #x #grok #twitter #everythingapp #deepfake

Elon Musk’s X must be banned

Regulators need to stop cowering before the richest man in the world

Disconnect