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…
Lucy Powell on LBC, asked by Tom Swarbrick for her reaction to Labour MP Samantha Niblett’s call for a ‘summer of sex’ debate in Parliament: “I personally don’t own any sex toys, but each to their own… I’m not really sure that’s the right place for it, no.”