Dems pressure Google, Apple to drop X app as international regulators turn up heat

U.S. senators urged Apple and Google to remove X from their app stores over Grok-generated sexual deepfakes, citing violations of store policies, while UK and EU regulators signaled potential investigations and evidence preservation related to the platform’s handling of such content. Despite claims of limiting the feature to paid users, reports suggest non-paying users may still access it, intensifying scrutiny of X’s response and legal exposure.