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Prince Harry, Meghan slam Elon Musk over multistate fake nude image laws

Newsweek · · 906 words · By Jack Royston
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have accused Elon Musk of putting his company's bottom line ahead of protecting children from "nudification" apps in a statement on their website.

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Topics 3

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What happened

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have accused Elon Musk of putting his company's bottom line ahead of protecting children from "nudification" apps in a statement on their website.

Why it matters

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not mention Musk by name but called out the "trillionaire leader of the tech company responsible for X’s Grok." Grok is an AI chatbot owned by xAI, whose founder and CEO is Musk.

Common ground

The couple praised the Minnesota state Senate for passing a law banning apps that use AI to create fake naked or sexualized photos of people and suggested Musk had filed legal action to oppose the ban.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 13 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “a UK lawmaker, an Arkansas family, and five children from Tennessee, all filing new lawsuits against that same Grok feature, alleging it created sexual material of them, just this week.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the filing of lawsuits by a UK lawmaker, an Arkansas family, and five children from Tennessee against Grok for creating sexual material.
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web search NEUTRAL — ..."including a UK lawmaker, an Arkansas family, and five children from Tennessee, all filing new lawsuits against that same Grok feature, alleging it created sexual material of them."
https://www.aol.com/articles/harry-meghan-aim-trillionaire-e…
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web search NEUTRAL — The claim alleges violations of UK data protection law and misuse of private information, details of which are included in Memeburn's 2026 Grok lawsuit tracker. The Arkansas family lawsuit: Parents id…
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/322899/20260804/grok-face…
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web search NEUTRAL — They also pointed to multiple lawsuits filed during the same week—including cases involving a UK lawmaker, an Arkansas family and five children from Tennessee—alleging that Grok generated sexually exp…
https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/prince-harry-and-megha…
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Claim 2: “The Minnesota statute, known as HF 1606, was signed into law by Governor Tim Walz.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results or Wikipedia entries to confirm the specific statute number 'HF 1606' or that Governor Tim Walz signed it.
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Claim 3: “the Minnesota state Senate for passing a law banning apps that use AI to create fake naked or sexualized photos of people”
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Multiple news sources report that the Minnesota Senate passed the first-in-the-nation ban on 'nudification' apps.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Michigan will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Michigan. Democratic former Wayne County he…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Amy Jean Klobuchar ( KLOH-bə-shar; born May 25, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota, a seat she has held since 2007. A member of the M…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Klobuchar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States federal government and state governments have developed some regulation of artificial intelligence, including executive orders, federal laws, and state laws. Federal agencies have al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_artificial_intel…
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Claim 4: “The law also authorizes penalties of up to $500,000 per violation and creates avenues for enforcement by victims and the state attorney general.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results or Wikipedia entries regarding the specific penalties ($500,000) or enforcement mechanisms of the Minnesota law.
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Claim 5: “Jess Asato, the Labour Member of Parliament for Lowestoft, in England, sued xAI over deep fake images and videos, posted without her consent, some allegedly showing her being sexually assaulted, the BBC reported.”
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Multiple sources, including references to Reuters and Google News, confirm that Labour MP Jess Asato sued xAI over non-consensual deepfake images and videos, including those depicting sexual assault.
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web search NEUTRAL — UK MP Jess Asato Sues Against Elon Musk’s xAI Over Alleged Non-Consensual Grok Images.British MP Sued xAI Over Sexualized Deepfakes. 20 hours ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — After Asato publicly condemned Grok in January, fabricated content began circulating that included images of her in a bikini and a video depicting her "being chloroformed and prepared for a sexual ass…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/uk-mp-jess-asato-s…
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web search NEUTRAL — Labour MP Jess Asato, who represents Lowestoft, claims the explicit images were created in January 2026 using Grok’s image generation capabilities. Without her permission, without her knowledge, and w…
https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/uk-mp-sues-xai-over-ai-gen…
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Claim 6: “a hearing at the Edward J. Devitt Courtroom, in St. Paul, on August 19.”
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Claim 7: “Musk recently became a trillionaire after SpaceX went public but lost the status shortly afterward, according to data from Bloomberg.”
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Multiple sources, including references to Bloomberg and Forbes, report that Musk briefly became a trillionaire after SpaceX went public before losing that status.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) is a subsidiary of the American spaceflight company SpaceX working in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media. SpaceXAI's flagship products are the generativ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceXAI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$738 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index and $744 billion according to Forbes, as of July 23, 2026, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_of_Elon_Musk
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — X Corp. is an American technology company headquartered in Bastrop, Texas. Established by Elon Musk in 2023 as the successor to Twitter, Inc., it is a wholly owned subsidiary of SpaceXAI (formerly xAI…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Corp.
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Claim 8: “xAI attempted to get the law paused prior to it taking affect and pending the outcome of the lawsuit but did not succeed in persuading judge, Donovan W. Frank.”
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Claim 9: “Grok is an AI chatbot owned by xAI, whose founder and CEO is Musk.”
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Wikipedia entries explicitly state that Grok is a generative AI developed by SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) and launched by Elon Musk.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Grok is a generative artificial intelligence series of large language models developed by SpaceXAI. It was launched in November 2023 by Elon Musk as an initiative based on the large language model (LL…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grok_(chatbot)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) is a subsidiary of the American spaceflight company SpaceX working in the areas of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media. SpaceXAI's flagship products are the generativ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceXAI
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Elon Musk completed his acquisition of Twitter in October 2022; Musk acted as CEO of Twitter until June 2023 when he was succeeded by Linda Yaccarino. Twitter was rebranded to X on July 23, 2023, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_under_Elon_Musk
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Claim 10: “xAI filed the motion on July 29, 2026”
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Claim 11: “Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have accused Elon Musk of putting his company's bottom line ahead of protecting children from "nudification" apps in a statement on their website.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle issued a statement criticizing Elon Musk and xAI for prioritizing profits over children's safety regarding 'nudification' apps.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrew Albert Christian Edward Mountbatten-Windsor (born 19 February 1960), formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, is the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Mountbatten-Windsor
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Christopher Bouzy (born May 22, 1975) is an American tech entrepreneur known for founding Bot Sentinel, a Twitter analytics service that tracks disinformation, inauthentic behavior and targeted harass…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Time 100 is a list published by the American news magazine Time of the 100 most influential people in the world. First published in 1999 as the result of a debate among American academics, politic…
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Claim 12: “Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI filed a federal lawsuit in Minnesota in late July seeking to block a state law aimed at banning the so-called "nudification" technology.”
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Multiple news sources (Fortune, etc.) report that xAI filed a federal lawsuit in Minnesota to block the state's nudification technology ban.
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web search NEUTRAL — MN lawmakers defend nudification ban after Musk lawsuit. 2 days ago. Save for later.Request by Elon Musk's xAI to temporarily halt Minnesota nudification technology ban denied by federal judge.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — xAI, Elon Musk's AI company, filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison to block the country's first law targeting AI "nudification"—software that uses artificial …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xazm2-5S1AE
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web search NEUTRAL — Elon Musk’s company xAI has sued Minnesota over the state’s first-in-the-nation law that bans “nudification” technology on websites and apps, potentially providing a test for how far states can go in …
https://fortune.com/2026/07/30/xai-minnesota-lawsuit-nudific…
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Claim 13: “The statement also referenced new laws in Pennsylvania, North Dakota and California.”
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While the evidence provided contains Wikipedia entries for the states mentioned, none of the provided search results or Wikipedia snippets confirm that Pennsylvania, North Dakota, or California passed specific laws regarding AI-generated non-consensual sexual imagery.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An AI boom is a period of rapid growth in the field of artificial intelligence. The most recent boom happened in the 2020s before seeing increased acceleration and media coverage. Examples of this inc…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The AI bubble is a concept that asserts there is a stock market bubble growing since 2025 amid the AI boom, a period of rapid increase in investment in artificial intelligence (AI) that is affecting t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States federal government and state governments have developed some regulation of artificial intelligence, including executive orders, federal laws, and state laws. Federal agencies have al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_artificial_intel…
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