Downing Street has called X’s move to limit its image creation function to paying subscribers as “insulting“. Starmer’s spokesman told Lobby briefing this morning:
“The latest move today is not a solution, it’s insulting to the victims of misogyny and sexual violence. It shows that X can move swiftly if it wants to. It’s time to for X to grip this issue. All options are on the table, and that includes from Ofcom, and we will fully support them… We must stop these abhorrent images… X needs to act and it needs to act now.”
The PM’s spokesman added that “our focus is stopping these unlawful images”, though couldn’t give an answer to whether the government had an actual deadline for X to solve the issue. Meanwhile, the government is still using the platform…
Kemi Badenoch defended her decision not to force Tory councils to hold elections in May, telling GB News:
“It is Conservative policy that we should have elections, but I’m not a dictator. You know Nigel Farage, no one else makes any decisions, he’s a one-man band.”