Women's Groups Urge Apple and Google to Remove X and Grok from App Stores
According to reporting by Reuters, a coalition of women's rights organizations, technology watchdogs, and progressive advocacy groups issued open letters on January 14 calling for Apple and Google to pull the social media platform X and its AI chatbot Grok from their app stores. The coalition includes groups such as UltraViolet, the National Organization for Women, MoveOn, and ParentsTogether Action, which argue that both apps have produced explicit, degrading, and potentially illegal content involving women and children. They contend these outputs violate Apple's and Google's own terms of service and push the tech giants to take decisive action.Supporters of the campaign say that despite some adjustments by X to limit visibility of problematic content, Grok continues to generate sexually charged and inappropriate imagery. Countries including Malaysia and Indonesia have already banned Grok, and authorities in the United Kingdom and Europe are investigating or seeking answers about its content moderation practices.The coalition's public appeal underscores growing concern about the responsibilities of platform holders in policing artificial intelligence tools that can produce harmful material at scale. Critics argue Apple and Google's response will reveal the extent to which they truly uphold safety and child protection standards, even as the apps remain available to millions of users.