US EditionWhat’s ‘Safe Harbour’ Tag that X Risks Losing in India over Obscene AI Images?
X enforces removal of illegal AI-generated content and account suspensions following a government directive after misuse of Grok AI to create obscene material.
- On January 2, the Ministry of Electronics and IT ordered X, the Elon Musk-owned social media platform, to remove illegal content and suspend offending accounts immediately.
- Meity found vulgar, obscene and unlawful content on X, saying Grok AI is misused to create fake accounts and obscene images targeting women.
- The ministry asked X to submit a detailed action-taken report within 72 hours, and Elon Musk said, `Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content`.
- X said it will remove illegal content, permanently suspend accounts, and work with local governments and law enforcement as required.
- December 29, Ministry of Electronics and IT asked social media firms to review compliance frameworks and warned of prosecution, while Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi urged Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to intervene.
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What’s ‘safe harbour’ tag that X risks losing in India over obscene AI images?
There have been complaints that people on X have used the AI bot Grok to create and share obscene content of women. The bot’s ‘Spicy Mode’ is allegedly being used to generate indecent photos and videos of women, including celebrities, without their consent and being uploaded onto the website. The Centre has warned X to remove these flagged images and videos and submit an auditable compliance report or risk losing its ‘safe harbour’ status
X to permanently suspend accounts uploading, generating illegal content, says Elon Musk
This came in response to a post by a user, DogeDesigner, who, drawing a parallel between the AI assistant and a pen and its writer, said that's like blaming a pen for writing something bad — the pen doesn't decide what's to be written; it's the person holding the pen who does the act.
Grok AI ‘Undressing’, ‘Put Her in a Bikini’ Prompts: Elon Musk Issues Stern Warning to Users Over Illegal Content on Grok and X | 📲 LatestLY
In an online post, the Elon Musk wrote 'Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content'. The Tesla CEO was responding to a post on 'inappropriate images' generated by Grok. 📲 Grok AI ‘Undressing’, ‘Put Her in a Bikini’ Prompts: Elon Musk Issues Stern Warning to Users Over Illegal Content on Grok and X.
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Elon Musk’s X to remove illegal content, permanently ban offending users
New Delhi: Microblogging site X will act against illegal content by removing it, permanently suspending accounts that uploaded the material and working with local governments as required, the Elon Musk-owned social media platform said on Sunday. The statement from the Global Government Affairs account of X was issued hours after it said people using the platform’s AI service, Grok, to create illegal content will face the same consequences as tho…
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