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EPISODE · Feb 2, 2026

Legal action against Grok's new explicit image generation tools and how youth movements are taking on social media addiction

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This week, Hanna and Amanda finally address X users who've been using Grok AI to undress women and children and (THANK GOD) the legal action and scrutiny the app is now facing. Then, we’ll be taking a look at how youths (and governments) are striking back at social media companies with a lawsuit in the U.S. against socials for using addictive tactics, and how France is hopping on the Youth Social Media ban-bandwagon. Read along with us! Grok explicit images cases, and followup: 1. California launches investigation into xAI and Grok over sexualized AI images (Rebecca Cohen, NBC), 2.Musk's X investigated by EU over Grok sexualised images after public outcry ( Foo Yun Chee and Sam Tabahriti, Reuters), 3. EU investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes (Laura Cress, BBC), 4. Elon Musk's X makes major change to Grok after deepfake backlash, but will it make a difference? (Jade Biggs and Jennifer Savin, Cosmopolitan) Social Media Lawsuit: 1. Social media firms face landmark trial in US | BBC News (BBC Youtube), 2. Social media firms face landmark trial in US (Lily Jamali, BBC News), 3. Tech giants head to landmark US trial over social media addiction claims (The Guardian), 4. What legal experts say about a major 'bellwether trial' over child social media addiction (PBS) Social Media Bans for Teens: 1. French lawmakers vote to ban social media use by under-15s ( AFP, The Guardian), 2. ‘Already had a profound effect’: parents react to Australia’s social media ban (Josh Taylor, The Guardian)

This week, Hanna and Amanda finally address X users who've been using Grok AI to undress women and children and (THANK GOD) the legal action and scrutiny the app is now facing. Then, we’ll be taking a look at how youths (and governments) are striking back at social media companies with a lawsuit in the U.S. against socials for using addictive tactics, and how France is hopping on the Youth Social Media ban-bandwagon. Read along with us! Grok explicit images cases, and followup: 1. California launches investigation into xAI and Grok over sexualized AI images (Rebecca Cohen, NBC), 2.Musk's X investigated by EU over Grok sexualised images after public outcry ( Foo Yun Chee and Sam Tabahriti, Reuters), 3. EU investigates Elon Musk's X over Grok AI sexual deepfakes (Laura Cress, BBC), 4. Elon Musk's X makes major change to Grok after deepfake backlash, but will it make a difference? (Jade Biggs and Jennifer Savin, Cosmopolitan) Social Media Lawsuit: 1. Social media firms face landmark trial in US | BBC News (BBC Youtube), 2. Social media firms face landmark trial in US (Lily Jamali, BBC News), 3. Tech giants head to landmark US trial over social media addiction claims (The Guardian), 4. What legal experts say about a major 'bellwether trial' over child social media addiction (PBS) Social Media Bans for Teens: 1. French lawmakers vote to ban social media use by under-15s ( AFP, The Guardian), 2. ‘Already had a profound effect’: parents react to Australia’s social media ban (Josh Taylor, The Guardian)

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