Dutch court orders xAI, Grok not to create, distribute non-consensual sex images in Netherlands

Record ID: 2370204

  • Title: Dutch court orders xAI, Grok not to create, distribute non-consensual sex images in Netherlands
  • Date: 26th March 2026
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JANUARY 13, 2026) (REUTERS) GROK APP DOWNLOAD PAGE ON SCREEN SINGAPORE (FILE - AUGUST 24, 2025) (REUTERS) GROK LOGO ON WEBSITE QUERY BEING ENTERED INTO TEXT BOX ON GROK WEBSITE PERSON TYPING QUERY INTO GROK WEBSITE QUERY BEING ENTERED INTO TEXT BOX ON GROK WEBSITE, READING (English): "What is Grok?" / REPLY FROM GROK PERSON TY
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  • Keywords: AI Court Elon Musk Grok X
  • Location: VARIOUS
  • City: VARIOUS
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Europe,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA001725525032026RP1
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  • Story Text:A Dutch court on Thursday (March 26) ordered Elon Musk's xAI and chatbot Grok not to generate and distribute sexualized images of people without their consent in the Netherlands.
        The decision in a civil suit is one of the first times a judge has weighed in on xAI's responsibility for creating tools that can be used to create sexualized images, amid complaints and investigations over Grok in the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia.
        In a summary decision, the Amsterdam District court said xAI and Grok would be prohibited from "generating and/or distributing sexual imagery ... whereby persons are partially or wholly stripped naked without having given their explicit permission" and said it would impose fines of 100,000 euros ($115,350.00) per day if the companies do not comply.
       The case was brought by Offlimits, a Dutch nonprofit group that combats online sexual abuse.
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