Grok is integrated into X, which was formerly known as Twitter. Minister Patrick O’Donovan told Limerick Live 95 radio that the abuse he gets on the platform and the revelations this week about Grok prompted him to deactivate his account. “I actually deactivated my X account so I’m not on X anymore,” he said. Asked if the concerns around Grok this week had also prompted him to deactivate it, he said: “It was, yeah, it was. “I’m minister for communications and I’m minister for media, and I just felt that like, if you’re on a platform where this is allowed, regardless of whether you’re paying for it or not, I just don’t feel comfortable with it.

Source: The Herald January 09, 2026 12:32 UTC