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A Free Speech Union chief has hit out at Keir Starmer after the Prime Minister flirted with the idea of banning Elon Musk's X.

Downing Street threatened a crackdown on the social media network over the creation of sexualised AI images on the site's AI bot, Grok.

But Toby Young has criticised the "over-the-top" move, predicting that the ban could well be short-lived.

"He's going to start to do it, and then he's going to do a U-turn because that's the way he rolls.

"It's hard to take seriously. Keir Starmer's furrowed-browed condemnation of X, in the name of protecting children, because Grok has been making these sexualised images.

"I mean, every AI can do that. Every AI can put a woman in a bikini. Grok is not unique in that respect.

"X has taken steps to modify Grok to make sure it doesn't create sexualized images of children or of women without their consent.

Speaking to Matt Goodwin, Lord Young predicted: "I think what's likely to happen is that Keir Starmer is going to announce he's going to do it.