(NewsNation) — A United Kingdom law making it a criminal offense to create or request nonconsensual sexual deepfakes will take effect this week amid concerns that Grok, the AI chatbot on Elon Musk-owned social media platform X, is being used to create such images.

“No woman or child should live in fear of having their image sexually manipulated by technology,” Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said in a statement to the House of Commons on Monday.

The government is also looking to enforce legislation that “will make it illegal for companies to supply tools designed to create nonconsensual intimate images, targeting the problem at its source,” Kendall said.

The crackdown comes as the U.K. media regulator Ofcom announced a formal investigation into Musk’s X on Monday to determine whether it has “complied with its duties” to protect U.K. users from illegal content amid reports of “sexualised images of children.”

The investigation places additional pressure on the platform of the world’s richest man, which is already facing growing public scrutiny as well as criminal and regulatory probes around the world.

“Reports of Grok being used to create and share illegal non-consensual intimate images and child sexual abuse material on X have been deeply concerning,” an Ofcom spokesperson said in a statement. “We won’t hesitate to investigate where we suspect companies are failing in their duties, especially where there’s a risk of harm to children.”

Amid mounting backlash from British officials, Musk wrote on X Saturday that Britain’s government “just want to suppress free speech.”

Reuters contributed to this report.