Sir Keir Starmer’s efforts to rally an international crackdown on Elon Musk’s social media platform X have suffered a blow after Canada publicly backed away from an outright ban.

Speaking to Labour MPs on Monday, Sir Keir Starmer warned X could lose the "right to self regulate". "If X cannot control Grok, we will," he said, adding the government would act quickly in response to the issue. The government also plans to unveil legislation to make it illegal to supply online tools used to create such images.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has not banned X, but Elon Musk criticizes his approval ratings as Ofcom considers action over Grok’s alleged breaches of online safety laws

The UK government announced new legislation criminalising the creation of non-consensual AI-generated intimate images, just days after Elon Musk posted AI-generated images of Prime Minister Keir Starmer on X.