Overview
- Malaysia’s communications regulator ordered an immediate, temporary restriction on Grok, citing repeated misuse to create obscene, non‑consensual images involving women and minors and inadequate safeguards.
- Indonesia became the first country to cut off access to Grok on Saturday to protect users from AI‑generated pornographic content, with officials calling deepfake abuse a serious rights and safety violation.
- Indian officials said X blocked roughly 3,500 posts and permanently deleted more than 600 accounts after a government notice over Grok‑linked content, adding the company acknowledged mishandling and pledged compliance with Indian law.
- UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer pressed X to “get a grip” as Ofcom conducts an expedited assessment under the Online Safety Act, which allows heavy fines and potential blocking orders subject to court approval.
- xAI and X restricted Grok’s image generation and editing on the platform to paying subscribers, a step critics called inadequate and monetising unlawful content, while EU authorities issued data‑preservation orders related to Grok.