SpaceXAI Sues Grok User for Generating Child Sexual Abuse Material
The lawsuit marks an early instance of an AI company taking legal action against a user for misusing its generative tools to produce child sexual abuse material, rather than only reporting accounts to authorities.
Reporting from 1 source: GIGAZINE.
SpaceXAI, formerly xAI, filed a lawsuit July 14 against Terry Harwood, one of four men arrested in February 2026 on CSAM charges. The suit alleges Harwood used Grok's image editing feature to generate deepfake sexual images of children, bypassing safety measures. This is the first time SpaceXAI has sued a user under its terms of service, though it faces lawsuits from victims.
SpaceXAI's lawsuit, filed in South Carolina, claims that Terry Harwood used Grok's image editing tool to convert non-sexual photos into sexually explicit images without consent. The company said it had suspended 52,222 accounts and made 73,604 reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in 2026, leading to at least 244 arrests. SpaceXAI is seeking financial damages and a permanent injunction barring Harwood from using Grok. The case comes as regulators in multiple countries investigate Grok's image generation capabilities.
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- GIGAZINE Grokを悪用して児童性的虐待画像を作成した男性をSpaceXAIが提訴