Ireland’s media regulator has told RTÉ News that it is engaging with the European Commission on the matter, which has attracted significant media attention in recent days.

The UK regulator, Ofcom, is also investigating the issue and says it has sought to urgently contact X.

The Green Party’s media and justice spokespersons yesterday called on Ireland’s regulators to act.

Hazel Chu, spokesperson for expenditure, digitalisation and media, said: “Social media companies have repeatedly shown complete disdain for the consequences of their actions and their manipulations.

“Coimisiún na Meán must step up and act; it was established to provide some regulation over these companies, to protect vulnerable users and should use it powers to do just that.

“This is a potential criminal breach that warrants immediate action.”

Patrick Costello, spokesperson for justice, added: “There are serious questions to be asked here in terms of Coco’s law, child sexual abuse media legislation, and X’s liability for this harm.

“At the very least, gardaí should be investigating X for breaching the law and holding the company and its board responsible.”

In a post on Sunday, X said: “We take action against illegal content on X, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary.

“Anyone using or prompting Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content.”