Overview
- Indonesia lifted its three‑week suspension on a conditional basis after X submitted a written commitment and introduced “layered” safeguards, with authorities warning access will be cut again if violations recur.
- Reuters’ latest spot‑check found Grok continued generating sexualized edits of people even when told the subjects did not consent, while rival tools from OpenAI, Google, and Meta refused similar requests.
- French prosecutors searched X’s Paris offices and scheduled April interviews for Elon Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino in a widening probe that includes alleged child‑pornography dissemination and sexually explicit deepfakes.
- The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office opened a formal data‑protection investigation into Grok’s use of personal images, as Ofcom’s Online Safety Act inquiry into X and the European Commission’s DSA probe remain active.
- Malaysia and the Philippines previously restored access on strict terms, while U.S. pressure includes a California attorney general cease‑and‑desist and advocacy groups urging federal agencies to stop using Grok; xAI has paywalled and geoblocked some image features.