US EditionIndonesia temporarily blocks access to Elon Musk's Grok over sexualized images
Indonesia blocked Grok to protect against non-consensual sexual deepfakes, citing human rights violations under strict obscenity laws affecting millions, the government said.
- Communications Minister Meutya Hafid said Indonesia suspended access to the Grok chatbot on January 10, 2026, stating it blocked the app "to protect women, children, and the public from the risks of fake pornographic content generated using the artificial intelligence technology."
- Grok's image generator produced a wave of sexualized deepfakes, including images depicting women and children and sometimes assault, after admitting last week to creating suggestive images of minors.
- XAI limited image generation to paying X subscribers while the Grok app and website still allowed open image creation.
- Indonesia's Ministry of Communications summoned X and xAI officials and demanded a comprehensive technical, procedural and governance review, while asking for removal of content violating Indonesian law amid possible fines threatened by several countries.
- With 285 million people, Indonesia's ban is notable because it is the first country to fully block Grok while Malaysia, Ofcom, EU regulators, and US senators open inquiries or seek app-store removals.
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Kuala Lumpur announced on Sunday that it is banning Grok, the AI assistant of the social network X, following Indonesia's lead which made the same decision on Saturday. The reason: the creation of pornographic nude images generated at the request of users and without the consent of the victims.
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On January 10, 2026, Indonesia made headlines by becoming the first country in the world to temporarily block access to the Grok AI chatbot, developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI. The decision, announced by Communications and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid, was provoked by concerns over the AI’s ability to generate fake nude images, particularly non-consensual sexual deepfakes that… Source
“Grok, put her in a bikini”, “dress her in sexy lingerie from this angle” or “put her on all fours”. These are some of the messages that, in the last few days, circulate widely in X and that users are asking Grok, the artificial intelligence of generation and editing of images integrated in the social network of Elon Musk. The main victims of these sexualized requests – many of them made without the consent of the victims – are women, although t…
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