Malaysia becomes the second country to limit access to Grok, joining Indonesia, over the chatbot's generation of sexual content
Indonesia and Malaysia restricted access to Elon Musk's Grok AI over the weekend, becoming the first countries to ban the artificial intelligence system over its generation of sexual content.
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Discussion
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@carnage4life
Dare Obasanjo
on bluesky
Indonesia is the first country to block access to xAI's Grok due to its ability to generate CSAM and deepfake porn. — It's quite disappointing that this is the only meaningful action that's been taken after several days of this issue coming to light.
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@lorak
Lora Kolodny
on bluesky
Elon Musk and xAI's Grok got suspended by Indonesia because the country not only has — but will actually enforce — a regulation that tries to protect people from having their images used in rampant AI generated CSAM / NCII, apparently... www.cnbc.com/2026/01/10/i...
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@riana
@riana
on bluesky
One year ago, a state ban on a popular social media platform had us all freaking out. Now a govt block that affects 280 million people is egged on as a good start. Turns out you can massively shift the Overton window just by making your platform the CSAM/NCII machine. www.nbcne…
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@justinhendrix
Justin Hendrix
on bluesky
Indonesia might be the first country to block Grok altogether over the AI-generated nonconsensual imagery disaster. It may not be the last. A bit unclear from this article but I think it's Grok, not X, that has been blocked. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
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@daphnek
Daphne Keller
on bluesky
Indonesia advances — quite understandably TBH — to the hardball stage of cross-border content regulation realpolitik. — That plus threatening to seize assets from Starlink worked for Brazil...
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@spudislander45
@spudislander45
on bluesky
Hey #Canada, 🇨🇦❤️ — Where are we at on this topic? — The new #OnlineHarms Bill C-63, and adjustments to the Canadian #CriminalCode provide stricter sentences and — better investigative tools. — #Grok #Sexuallizedimages #CSAM
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@blue-fire1
Tam-Rah
on bluesky
For a trillonaire he sure builds shitty stuff. — www.theguardian.com/world/2026/ j...
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@sundersays
Sunder Katwala
on bluesky
Australian PM Albanese calls X/Grok sexist image generation “abhorrent”. Regulator could issue takedown notices on content. Guardian reports Indonesia government has temporarily blocked the whole platform. — www.theguardian.com/world/2026/ j...
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@craigbrittain.com
Craig R. Brittain
on bluesky
Indonesia has banned Grok - the AI created by Elon Musk which has been used to make CSAM.
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@avondeer
Avon DeRussate
on bluesky
The UK's OFCOM is considering this too. No fan of Musk, X, or AI digitally undressing people without their consent but I am also fully aware of the fact that we will not like this precedent. It's all fun and games until they come for the platforms YOUR community inhabits. [emb…
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@petertl
Peter Thal Larsen
on bluesky
Can you block access to Grok without blocking X? [embedded post]
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@nicmiller
Nicola Miller
on bluesky
I agree with censoring images of child sexual abuse. Some things are not morally relative. [embedded post]
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@paulbernal
Paul Bernal
on bluesky
Well, it's started [embedded post]
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@nicolashenin.net
Nicolas Henin
on bluesky
What some people do out of prudishness, shall we do in the name of respect for the individual? [embedded post]
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@fabiochiusi
Fabio Chiusi
on bluesky
""The government views the practice of non-consensual sexual deepfakes as a serious violation of human rights, dignity, and the security of citizens in the digital space," Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid said in a statement." [embedded post]
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@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
on mastodon
“Indonesia has become the first country in the world to block Elon Musk's Grok chatbot over the risk of fake, AI-generated pornographic content. — The country, home to 285 million people, has strict rules that ban the sharing online of content deemed obscene. https://www.aljaz…
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r/anime_titties
r
on reddit
Indonesia temporarily blocks access to Elon Musk's Grok over sexualized images
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r/BetterOffline
r
on reddit
Indonesia blocks Musk's Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content
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@mattburgess1
Matt Burgess
on bluesky
Now two countries have blocked Grok over the ability to create non-consensual intimate images: Malaysia and Indonesia
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r/PornIsMisogyny
r
on reddit
Indonesia blocks Musk's Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content