""The government sees non-consensual sexual deepfakes as a serious violation of human rights, dignity and the safety of citizens in the digital space," Indonesia's Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said in a statement. Officials in the country said initial findings showed that Grok lacks effective controls to prevent users from creating and sharing sexually explicit deepfakes based on photos of Indonesian residents."
""The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission cited "repeated misuse" of Grok to generate explicit and non-consensual deepfakes, some of which involved women and children. The regulator said Grok will remain blocked in the country until X Corp and parent xAI establish strong enough safeguards. Ofcom's investigation will focus on whether X has "has complied with its duties to protect people in the UK from content that is illegal in the UK.""
""Malaysia and Indonesia are the first countries to block Grok, claiming that X's chatbot does not have sufficient safeguards in place to prevent explicit AI-generated deepfakes of women and children from being created and disseminated on X. Indonesia temporarily blocked access to Grok on Saturday, as did Malaysia on Sunday, the Associated Press reports. Meanwhile, UK media regulator Ofcom has opened a formal investigation into X under the Online Safety Act.""
Malaysia and Indonesia blocked X's chatbot Grok, citing insufficient safeguards against AI-generated explicit deepfakes of women and children. Indonesia described non-consensual sexual deepfakes as violations of human rights, dignity and safety, and reported initial findings that Grok lacks effective controls to prevent creation and sharing of sexually explicit deepfakes based on residents' photos. Malaysia's regulator cited repeated misuse, including images involving women and children, and said the block will remain until X Corp and parent xAI implement stronger safeguards. Ofcom opened a formal Online Safety Act investigation into whether X is protecting UK users from illegal content such as CSAM and non-consensual intimate images and removing it promptly.
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