X refuses to appear before Oireachtas media committee amid Grok controversy

The European Commission has launched a formal investigation under the EU's Digital Services Act (DSA) into Elon Musk’s X over the production of sexually explicit images and the spreading of possible child sexual abuse material generated through Grok. File picture: Yui Mok/PA

Social media platform X has refused to appear before the Oireachtas media committee despite a request from Taoiseach Micheál Martin in a move that has been described as “extremely disappointing and worrying”.

The committee will meet on Wednesday with representatives from Meta, Google, and TikTok to discuss online regulations. It comes in the wake of international outcry about the platform’s AI chatbot Grok.