Indonesia has temporarily blocked access to xAI's Grok chatbot following widespread generation of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes, often depicting real women and minors. This represents one of the most aggressive governmental responses to the issue, with Indonesia's communications minister citing serious human rights violations. Other countries have taken varied actions: India ordered xAI to prevent obscene content generation, the EU is preparing potential investigation, and UK regulators are assessing compliance issues. xAI initially apologized and restricted image generation to paying X subscribers, though the Grok app remained unrestricted. Democratic US senators have called for X's removal from app stores, while the Trump administration has remained silent on the matter.
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