Ireland’s media and AI ministers also said on Friday they had deactivated their X accounts over controversy about the AI chatbot Grok on the social media site. Irish deputy premier Simon Harris said putting them behind a paywall would “clearly not” address the issue. “I actually deactivated my X account, so I’m not on X any more,” he said. “Anybody that I can encourage to disable their account, I would do.”Mr Harris said he was “grappling” with whether politicians should deactivate their X account, particularly after his family’s experience of online threats. Earlier in the week, Ms Smyth said sexualised images created through Grok on X had broken the law.

Source: The Herald January 09, 2026 15:55 UTC