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#615 Blocking X: Safety First or Slippery Slope? Uncensored version

In this episode of Niall Asks, Niall is joined by journalist Ian O’Doherty to unpack the growing international row over Elon Musk’s social media platform, X — and the far bigger question it raises for modern society.

Following reports that Downing Street has held talks with Canada and Australia about a potential ban on X, the discussion centres on concerns over AI-generated “deepfake” images, including explicit content involving women and children, created using Musk’s AI tool, Grok. UK ministers have warned they could go as far as banning the platform entirely under online safety legislation…

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