US EditionMalaysia suspends access to Musk's Grok AI over sexually explicit content
Malaysia blocked Grok after repeated misuse to create non-consensual explicit images of women and minors, with access barred until effective safeguards are implemented, regulator said.
- On January 11, 2026, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission directed a temporary restriction on Grok , saying access will remain blocked until safeguards prevent content involving women and children.
- Grok's image tool permitted users to sexualise photos via simple text prompts, allowing non-consensual undressing of women and minors from public images.
- An AFP reporter in Kuala Lumpur found Grok unresponsive after the Jan 8 notices, and X Corp. and xAI's responses on Jan 7 and 9 were judged insufficient, the regulator said.
- A day after Indonesia's action, Malaysia joined in suspending access, while Elon Musk, owner of X, pushed back saying, `They just want to suppress free speech`, and regulators urged the public in Malaysia to report harmful content to MCMC and the Royal Malaysia Police.
- International regulators have opened probes into xAI's tools as France, UK and EU regulators investigate, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation urges US action, and Meutya Hafid called it a human rights violation.
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Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over sexualized AI images
Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
Kuala Lumpur refers to pornographic content "involving women and minors, despite a prior regulatory contract and formal opinions" addressed to X Corp d'Elon Musk and to the xAI start-up that developed Grok.
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Correio da ManhãRegulators of these two Southeast Asian countries declared the absence of control mechanisms and blocked access to the artificial intelligence assistant created by Elon Musk.
Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok over its ability to produce deepfakes with sexually explicit content. Grok, a tool on Musk's X platform, allows users to generate images. However, in recent weeks, it has been used to modify images of real people to make them appear "naked". The Southeast Asian countries said Grok could be used to produce pornographic and non-consensual images inv…
By Lex Harvey - Elon Musk's Grok has been blocked by Indonesia and Malaysia, the first countries to do so after the AI tool's "digital nudity" feature flooded the internet with manipulated, suggestive, and obscene photos of women and children. International pressure on Musk to rein in Grok has been mounting following a viral trend in which users have asked the AI tool to generate sexually explicit deepfakes. Grok is a tool on Musk's social media…
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