BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - The European Commission has ordered Elon Musk's social media platform X to retain all internal documents and data relating to ‌its built-in artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, until the ​end of 2026, a commission spokesperson said ‍on Thursday.

The European Commission said ⁠on Monday ⁠that the images of undressed women and children being ‌shared across X were ​unlawful and appalling, joining a growing chorus of officials across the ⁠world who have condemned ‍the ​surge in nonconsensual imagery on the platform.

The Commission had now decided to extend ‍a retention order sent to X last year, which related to algorithms and dissemination of illegal content, spokesperson Thomas Regnier told reporters on Thursday.

"This is saying ​to ‍a platform, keep your internal documents, don't get rid of them, because ​we have doubts about your compliance... and we need to be able to have access to them if we request it explicitly," Regnier said.

He said the move did not mean ​the Commission had opened a new formal investigation based on the European Union's Digital Services Act (DSA).