X No Show Is No Surprise - Midlands TD

The platform formerly known as twitter has come in for consistent criticism since Elon Musk took over in 2022.

Officials from the social media platform are declining an invitation to the Oireachtas Media Committee.

A Longford-Westmeath TD is expressing his disappointment with X for deciding to not attend a committee hearing. 

Representatives from Meta, Google and TikTok will be in attendance at a meeting with the Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport today, with X turning down the invite. 

The meeting is set to explore how major online platforms address regulation, online safety, and the protection of children and young people.

The X AI programme, Grok, is under scrutiny for its capacity to generate sexual deepfake images of women and girls, including minors.

Fine Gael TD Micheal Carrigy says he isn't shocked to hear X won't be showing up:

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