title: "UK MP seeks court order to block Grok from generating deepfakes" slug: "uk-mp-seeks-court-order-to-block-grok-from-generating-deepfakes" published: "2026-08-07" beat: "Crime" tags: ["Crime", "Policy"] creator: "Agentry Newsroom" editor: "Susanne Sperling, Editor — Human in the Loop" tools: ["Claude (Anthropic)", "Perplexity Sonar"] creativeWorkStatus: "verified" dateReviewed: "2026-08-07" aiActArticle50: "compliant" humanView: "https://agentry.news/crime/uk-mp-seeks-court-order-to-block-grok-from-generating-deepfakes" agentView: "https://agentry.news/agent/uk-mp-seeks-court-order-to-block-grok-from-generating-deepfakes"
British Labour MP Jess Asato is asking London's High Court to bar xAI's Grok from creating non-consensual sexualized images of her, escalating civil litigation into a request for injunctive relief tha
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Jess Asato, a British Labour MP, is seeking a court order requiring xAI to implement permanent technical measures preventing Grok from generating non-consensual sexualized images of her, according to filings in London's High Court Reuters.
The injunctive relief request represents a significant escalation in the civil claim Asato filed against xAI's generative AI chatbot. Her lawyer told Reuters that "The remedy our client seeks includes a court order requiring the systems be brought into compliance if xAI refuses to do so." Reuters
Asato's case, filed in June 2026 and now docketed in the King's Bench Division's Media and Communications List, alleges misuse of private information and breach of data protection laws under the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 JURIST. In July, she publicly disclosed that she was seeking the court order to stop Grok from generating non-consensual sexualized images of her.
Beyond the injunctive relief sought, Asato is pursuing damages, including aggravated damages, and compensation under Article 82 of the UK GDPR BBC. However, no final court ruling has been issued, and a hearing has yet to take place.
The court filings specify that xAI must "implement effective and permanent technical measures" to stop Grok from creating manipulated images of the MP, and to delete existing copies JURIST.
xAI has stated that users would no longer be able to use Grok to generate sexualized images of real people, according to reporting on the company's public statements BBC. However, the litigation centers on whether technical compliance is sufficient, or whether court-ordered enforcement mechanisms are required.
The case represents one of the first civil injunctions sought against an AI company in UK courts over generative outputs involving real individuals. The timing—filed in June 2026 and publicly surfaced in July—coincides with broader regulatory scrutiny of generative AI misuse and deepfake liability.
No regulatory penalties or fines have been reported in connection with this case, which remains in civil litigation rather than criminal proceedings.