> [A] new criminal offence will make it illegal for companies to supply tools designed to create non-consensual intimate images, targeting the problem at its source.
Well, yes, if one considers trying to prosecute a non-UK company or its directors "targeting the problem". I imagine that this might run into problems in the USA.
In the same speech, the government defends staying on Twitter:
> It is also worth bearing in mind, with 19 million people on X in this country, and more than a quarter using it as their primary source of news, that our views – and often simply the facts – need to be heard.
*sigh*
GOV.UK
Secretary of State statement to the House of Commons: 12 January 2026
DSIT Secretary of State statement after concerns over Grok AI.
