It is also criminal to produce, share, or disseminate images that fall into the category of “child sex-abuse material”. In addition to the criminal dimension, there are also regulations governing the technologies behind this scandal. At a European level, the AI Act regulates AI systems such as Grok while the Digital Services Act regulates platforms such as X. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties and Digital Rights Ireland are calling on An Garda Síochána to investigate X. It is estimated that almost 40% of accounts that engage in pornographic or sexually explicit content are anonymous.

Source: Irish Examiner January 13, 2026 13:07 UTC