Malaysia says X must prove Grok is safe before ban is lifted: ‘abuse is not freedom’
Though X has deactivated several prompts, more changes need to be made to ensure the site’s safety, Malaysia’s communications minister says
“X must prove that there will no longer be incidents of videos or images that can be misused by users. If that is settled, we can release the temporary ban,” Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said on Thursday.
Over the weekend, Malaysia and Indonesia became the first countries in the world to impose a temporary ban on Grok in the wake of global outrage over the flood of lewd AI-generated images of women and children on X.
Users complained that the images had been manipulated using the Grok chatbot to portray them wearing bikinis or in suggestive positions.
X followed up on Wednesday by saying it would “geoblock the ability” of all users to create images of people in “bikinis, underwear and similar attire” in those jurisdictions where such actions were deemed illegal.