News, 1/9/26
Angeline Binick
III. ADVOCACY
V. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL
VII. COMMENTARY
GLOBAL NEWS
Canada: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra to end use of NDAs for sexual misconduct cases
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
Attempt to overturn the Gambia’s ban on FGM heard by supreme court
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/09/the-gambia-female-genital-mutilation-fgm-supreme-court-case-overturn-ban
ADVOCACY
National Native helpline for domestic violence and sexual assault to open Alaska-specific service
https://alaskapublic.org/news/public-safety/2026-01-08/national-native-helpline-for-domestic-violence-and-sexual-assault-to-open-alaska-specific-service
ONLINE ABUSE
Grok being used to create sexually violent videos featuring women, research finds
CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL
Musk’s Grok chatbot restricts image generation after global backlash to sexualized deepfakes
https://apnews.com/article/grok-elon-musk-deepfake-x-social-media-2bfa06805b323b1d7e5ea7bb01c9da77
Senators demand Apple, Google take X and Grok off app stores over sexual images
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/democratic-senators-demand-apple-google-take-x-grok-off-app-stores-over-sexual-2026-01-09/
UK: No 10 condemns ‘insulting’ move by X to restrict Grok AI image tool
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/09/no-10-condemns-move-by-x-to-restrict-grok-ai-image-creation-tool-as-insulting
CASE STORIES
Harvey Weinstein weighs plea on rape charge but insists he ‘never assaulted anyone’
https://apnews.com/article/harvey-weinstein-sexual-assault-retrial-metoo-47205d9c8743c6adb2b8a11fac6fb126
COMMENTARY
The women being 'undressed' by Elon Musk's Grok bot