Superintendent urges victims of online 'nudification' to contact gardaí

Grok, embedded in the social media platform X, has allowed users to create thousands of sexualised images of women and children, by 'undressing people' from real photographs. Picture: Nicholas.T.Ansell

The head of an elite garda unit specialising in cyber crime has criticised the lack of effective age verification on online sites where sexualised images can be accessed, as gardaí appeal for victims of the recent 'nudification' trend to come forward.

Investigators have insisted that the sexualisation of unsuspecting people on the social media platform X is being treated "with the utmost seriousness”.