Swiss government minister sues ‘misogynistic’ Grok

Swiss finance minister Karin Keller-Sutter has filed a criminal complaint for defamation after facing insulting and misogynist comments on social media. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A spokesperson for the government minister confirmed the lawsuit to the Tamedia Swiss news group. A user on the social media platform X specifically instructed the platform’s embedded AI chatbot Grok to hurl sexist insults at Keller-Sutter. The Swiss federal councillor has issued a defamation lawsuit against persons unknown. “Such misogyny must not be considered normal or acceptable,” Keller-Sutter’s spokesperson Pascal Hollenstein is quoted. “It is essential to take a stand against such misogynistic remarks and to hold the perpetrators accountable.” Part of the objective of the lawsuit is to determine whether social media companies and their operators, in addition to individual authors, can be held criminally liable. Monika Simmler, a professor of criminal law at the ...