Paid access does not address regulators’ core concern: EU digital affairs spokesperson Thomas Regnier said the issue remained regardless of whether access was paid or unpaid and called for platform systems that do not allow generation of illegal content.

UK government criticised the restriction as harmful to victims: A Downing Street spokesperson said limiting access to paying subscribers turned unlawful image creation into a premium service and called it insulting to victims of misogyny and sexual violence.

Regulators escalated scrutiny of X’s handling of Grok: The European Commission ordered X to retain internal documents and data on Grok until the end of 2026, and the UK data regulator sought an explanation of compliance with data protection laws.