An Oxford MP has slammed Elon Musk’s X and quit the ‘exploitative’ social media site.
Layla Moran, the MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, today (Monday, January 12) announced her time on X has “come to an end”.
In a post, the Liberal Democrat said: “I can’t sleep knowing that I’m leading traffic to a site that actively enables sexual exploitation of women and children.
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“Instead, you can find me on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram. Links below. See you there.”
Although Ms Moran didn’t go into specifics, in recent days criticism of X has become particularly stark over the use of its artificial intelligence chatbot.
Grok has been increasingly used to create sexualised images of people without their knowledge or consent.
My time on X has come to an end.
I can’t sleep knowing that I’m leading traffic to a site that actively enables sexual exploitation of women and children.
Instead, you can find me on Bluesky, Facebook and Instagram. Links below. See you there ♥️— Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ (@LaylaMoran) January 12, 2026
Speaking to the BBC, Ashley St Clair, the mother of one of X owner Elon Musk's children, said that on January 9 Grok had generated sexualised photos of her as a child.
The conservative influencer said her image had been "stripped", despite her telling Grok that she did not consent.
Ofcom has said that it is looking into the claims and has been backed by UK technology secretary Liz Kendall.
This has led to speculation that the social media site could be banned within the UK, as the business has declined to fully remove this ability.
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Instead, the organisation has limited the use of this image function to those who pay a monthly fee.
Responding to the criticism, Mr Musk told his 230 million followers the government was using it as a pretext to “suppress free speech” as he shared AI-generated images of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer in a bikini.
Mr Musk, who purchased the site when it was called Twitter in 2022, also said it was hypocritical to exclusively target X as other social media sites had similar tools available.
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