Canada: Office of the Privacy Commissioner expanded investigation into X over data protection concerns pertaining to Grok's AI-generated deepfakes

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Office of the Privacy Commissioner expanded investigation into X over data protection concerns pertaining to Grok's AI-generated deepfakes

On 14 January 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada expanded an ongoing investigation into X Corp pertaining to the use of the Grok chatbot to create sexualised Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated deepfake images. The investigati…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2025-02-27
under deliberation

On 27 February 2025, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) opened an investigation…

2026-01-14
under deliberation

On 14 January 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada expanded an ongoing investigat…