That was quick – the UK is making it illegal to make non-consensual intimate images, like those that Grok was being used to make. That pretty much means that unless things change Grok will be banned in the UK and with it probably X as well. The VPN companies will be loving this as a… UK brings law into force this week to combat Grok deepfakes….

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy875j28k0o After a lot of debate it appears that the Ofcom is after Grok for creating content that is against the OSA (Online Safety Act) and to be fair as far as I can see this is going to get messy – more so for X and Elon Musk than anybody else. I cannot see… Ofcom investigating Grok/X in the UK

I am hearing from a few sources that it is looking increasingly likely that X is going to be banned in the UK and the EU soon – perhaps even in a few days after criticism over its AI platform Grok being used for sexual deepfakes and much more… https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c99kn52nx9do Whilst X is in the… X banned in days in the UK?

During 2025 we have watched a lot of TV – I finally sorted out my Jellyfin installation and we have watched a load of our old content on that this year via a new AndroidTV box that better supports HEVC/x.265 for a jump in quality and smaller file sizes, and also seen a fair few… 2025 in TV!

I have not posted that much recently about social media in general because of the continuing dissatisfaction many people have continually shown about social media in 2025. I have drafted several posts about this but hopefully this one should end 2025 and show people how and what should help them in 2026. More and more… The social media conundrum 2025