‘Get the f**k off there’: MPs, Senators call on government to abandon X/Twitter following wave of ‘Grok porn’

A proliferation of sexual deepfakes on X (formerly Twitter) has prompted other countries to investigate Grok, the platform’s AI software, but, so far, Ottawa remains silent.

Alberta Senator Paula Simons, left, and Elon Musk. Simons says she would like to see the federal government stop using the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. 'Like, why is Mark Carney posting statements on there? Why are we subsidizing it with government intellectual property?' she told The Hill Times.Photographs courtesy of the Senate of Canada and Commons Wikimedia

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BY DAVIS LEGREE

January 7, 2026

As Canadians gathered last week to ring in a new calendar year, Alberta Senator Paula Simons was celebrating for an entirely different reason.

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