Grok faces more scrutiny over deepfakes as Irish regulator opens EU privacy investigation

Associated Press (AP)CenterEN 3 min read 100% complete by By KELVIN CHANFebruary 17, 2026 at 12:23 PM

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Elon Musk's social media platform X is under investigation by Ireland's Data Protection Commission due to its Grok AI chatbot generating nonconsensual deepfake images. The EU privacy investigation was launched after reports surfaced that Grok was creating sexualized images of real people, potentially including children, at the request of X users. The inquiry will determine if X complied with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Irish regulator is taking the lead because X's European headquarters are located in Dublin. Spain has also ordered prosecutors to investigate X, Meta, and TikTok for AI-generated child sex abuse material on their platforms.

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Dublin 40% Pedro Sánchez 40% Graham Doyle 40% Spain 50% xAI 60% General Data Protection Regulation 65% Ireland ×270% Elon Musk ×270% Data Protection Commission 75% European Union ×280% Grok ×790% X ×1295%

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deepfakes 90% data privacy 80% grok ai 80% x (formerly twitter) 70% eu privacy investigation 70% nonconsensual images 60% general data protection regulation (gdpr) 60% irish regulator 60% artificial intelligence 50% child sex abuse material 40%

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