Grok Deepfakes Paywalled: X Monetizes ‘Undressing’ Images

Tonight on Filtered with TJ Walker, we break down how X’s Grok image tool didn’t stop harmful “undressing” deepfakes, it appears to have restricted them to paying users, prompting critics to call it the “monetization of abuse,” while wider reporting suggests similar content can still be generated via Grok’s standalone app and website.

Story #2: The Google founders’ quiet pullback from California, why billionaires restructure fast when a 5% one-time wealth tax is floated, and what that math looks like at the very top.

Story #3: Why U.S. oil giants aren’t eager about Venezuela, the profit math, the political risk, and why “controlling Venezuela” is outdated thinking in an era where the U.S. is already a major producer and exporter of petroleum products.

Story #4: The Minneapolis ICE shooting update and how escalating rhetoric shapes public perception faster than verified facts.

Story #5: The bigger theme, how “power-first” language, loyalty tests, and normalization of force can become the communication pipeline that shifts a society’s expectations about accountability and civil liberties.

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