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Users Made Grok Post Offensive Soccer Jokes. Now the U.K. Wants To Censor It.

After users prompted Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok to generate "vulgar" posts, British officials warned X it could face penalties.

Reem Ibrahim | 3.10.2026 3:31 PM

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Grok, X's AI chatbot, has sparked controversy again, this time for its commentary on Premier League soccer.

Over the weekend, Grok responded to users who asked the chatbot to make remarks about soccer-related stadium tragedies. One user asked Grok to "do a vulgar post" and to not "hold back" about Liverpool fans and the Hillsborough and Heysel disasters. Grok's answer accused Liverpool F.C. supporters of causing the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, a fatal crowd crush that led to 97 fans being killed and 766 injuries.

Another user asked Grok to "vulgarly roast the brother killer Diogo Jota," referring to the Liverpool forward who died in a car crash in July 2025, alongside his brother André Silva. The response from Grok accused Jota of murdering his........

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