On January 10th, according to The VergeUSADemocratic Senator Ron Wyden, Ben Ray Lujan and Ed Markey have recently sent letters to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai requesting that social media applications X be removed from their respective app stores。
IN HIS LETTER, THE CONGRESSMAN STATES THAT THE AI CHAT ROBOT UNDER THE FLAG OF X Grok Recently, a large number of non-consensual images of naked women have been produced, even with sexualized content for minors。
ACCORDING TO THE MPS, X PRODUCES THESE HARMFUL AND POTENTIALLY ILLEGAL DESCRIPTIONS, WHICH INDICATE “TOTAL DISREGARD” FOR THE DISTRIBUTION PROVISIONS OF THE APP STORE。
In response to specific details of violations of the policy, parliamentarians cited Google's service provision, which provides that users are exposed to the downside if they are not prevented from creating, uploading or distributing content that " fosters the exploitation or abuse of children " 。
At the same time, the letter states that apple policies explicitly prohibit the use of "offensive" or "purely creepy". So far, Apple and Google have not responded to X ' s compliance or plans to lower it。
In addition, parliamentarians accused the two companies of "double standards" in auditing standards。
Previously, under pressure from the Government, Apple and Google had set up applications such as ICEBlock and Red Dot, which were mainly used to anonymously report the whereabouts of ICE agents。
The letter argues that, unlike the " nauseous" content generated by Grok, the above-mentioned application does not in itself create or host harmful illegal content, but is removed because of the risk it poses to law enforcement officials。
Finally, the letter warned that the failure of Apple and Google to act on X would weaken its core argument in the antimonopoly defence that "app store can provide a safer user experience than a direct downloading application"。
This argument has been a key reason for both companies to oppose legislative reform and to defend the market power of their payment systems。