Question follow-through · 11170

X Corp: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with X on removing illegal material.

answeredDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

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Answering body
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Tabled
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
22 Jun 2026
Answer
26 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what discussions she has had with X on removing illegal material.

  2. 22 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Secretary of State has repeatedly called out illegal content on X including when the Grok AI tool was being used to create and share degrading, non-consensual intimate deepfakes.Government engages regularly with online platforms, including X, to press...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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