Overview
- Malaysia temporarily blocked access to Grok, following Indonesia’s earlier move to curb AI‑generated obscene and sexually explicit images.
- UK regulator Ofcom is investigating possible breaches of the Online Safety Act by Grok, with potential actions that could include restricting access to X in Britain.
- The European Commission ordered xAI to preserve internal Grok documents while it reviews compliance with EU digital laws.
- xAI limited Grok’s image generation to paying subscribers after criticism, a step UK officials and EU authorities called insufficient to address illegal content risks.
- Political fallout widened as Elon Musk labeled the UK government “fascist,” several U.S. senators urged Apple and Google to delist X, and the UK’s deputy prime minister said U.S. Vice‑President J.D. Vance deemed the image manipulations unacceptable.