Indonesia blocks Grok AI over deepfake pornography concerns
Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital blocked Grok AI after it was used to create pornographic deepfake images from real photographs. X subsequently contacted the regulator and announced restrictions preventing Grok from generating such content and limiting the tool to paid users.
What happened
Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi) blocked Grok AI after the tool enabled users to create pornographic content from real photographs.
X contacted Komdigi to discuss the block and the restoration of access.
Reported impact
Grok was used to produce pornographic content sourced from real photographs of people.
Index analysis
Elon Musk's xAI announced through X's safety platform that Grok would no longer produce pornographic content from real photographs.
Grok features became restricted to paid users to enable enforcement against users violating laws.
Governance controls
xAI implemented restrictions preventing Grok from generating pornographic content from real photographs.
Classification
Sources and evidence
This record was researched and written by the Index, based on the following original reporting.