Elon Musk has generated significant controversy over the past week because his AI Grok began generating non-consensual images of real women in states of undress (some of these ‘women’ being children). As people have pointed out, however, it’s not just Grok which is perpetrating this filth known as nudification. Among those calling for the government to move faster is Labour MP Jess Asato:

Oh, and for clarity’s sake, the above post is included as a screengrab because X/Twitter is stopping us from including it in the normal way. While that does happen sometimes, it’s been harder to believe it’s the result of simple glitches recently, because it’s occurring more and more with posts that are critical of Grok, Musk, or his businesses.

At the same time, it could definitely still be a glitch, because Musk’s site is garbage.

‘Nudification’

As the above image demonstrates, a ‘nudification’ app is one which takes pictures of real people and digitally strips them. On 18 December 2025, the government wrote:

As part of the government’s strategy to tackle violence against women and girls (VAWG), ministers have pledged to make it impossible for children in the UK to take, share or view a nude image using their phones. The government will join forces with tech companies so we can work together to make this a reality and better protect young people from grooming, extortion, bullying, harassment and sexual abuse.

Research found 276,149 sexual deepfakes on a single dedicated site in 2023, with 96% depicting women. Worldwide, 24 million people visited ‘nudification’ services in September 2023 alone and 9  in 10 reports to the Internet Watch Foundation of child sexual abuse online sadly contain images taken by children themselves, often coerced by predators and with potentially devastating consequences.

The nudification software is perhaps the best example of the following opinion that many people now hold:

There is not a single good reason why this should exist https://t.co/VhZJfge4Y3

— Michael (@TheMG3D) December 29, 2025

There is absolutely no reason for this technology to be widely available other than making fraud and abuse effortless.

It’s just a tool for awful people. https://t.co/cjDz7Koc2Y

— Chrisy | Homemade Hooplah (@homemadehooplah) December 31, 2025

The government also said:

‘Nudification’ apps are not used for harmless pranks. They devastate young people’s lives, and we will ensure those who create or supply them face real consequences. Every child deserves to grow up safe, and we will do whatever it takes to make that a reality.

It’s incredibly easy to see how this software will create nightmare scenarios for the school children who fall victim to it. The government adds:

The creation and supply of so-called ‘nudification’ apps or tools that generate deepfake nude images of real people will also be banned, under plans announced today, building on offences which criminalise sharing these deeply damaging images. The new legislation will allow the police to target the firms and individuals who design and supply these tools.

Worryingly, these apps allow users to strip clothes, and produce intimate videos without the consent of those depicted – with devastating and long-lasting consequences to victims. Highly realistic, this technology has led to a scourge of financially motivated sexual extortion and even suicide in some cases. In Spain, the town of Almendralejo was devastated after several perpetrators used these apps to create nude images of 20 children walking to school.

Government has also already legislated to criminalise the creation of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, ensuring that offenders face the appropriate punishments for this atrocious harm.

This has to happen

While we’ve been incredibly critical of Keir Starmer’s government, we do support any efforts to block these disgusting AI tools. Like Asato, we think the government needs to move faster. We additionally think it’s foolish for the government to be maintaining a positive relationship with these parasitic AI companies which have completely failed to deliver on their earlier promises.

As a follow up to her post at the top, Asato said:

Since I posted last I’ve had my image manipulated to portray me publicly in a bikini.

Where have I consented to this? The issue of consent is missing from this debate.

Sexualising someone’s image without consent is digital sexual abuse and needs to stop.

— Jess Asato MP (@Jess4Lowestoft) January 11, 2026

The reason women are subjected to this abuse is because tech perverts like Elon Musk think they’re untouchable. It’s vital the world robs these men of that opinion as soon as possible.

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By Willem Moore

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