Indonesia blocks access to Musk’s AI chatbot Grok over deepfake images

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Indonesia has blocked access to Elon Musk's Grok chatbot, becoming the first country to do so, due to concerns over AI-generated deepfake pornographic content. The Indonesian communication and digital affairs minister stated that non-consensual sexual deepfakes are a serious violation of human rights and digital security. This decision was made to protect women, children, and the public from the risks associated with fake pornographic content. The move follows criticism and pressure from several countries regarding Grok's image generation capabilities, which allowed users to alter images in ways that raised concerns about deepfakes. Grok had recently limited image generation features to paying subscribers on X, a move criticized by European officials and the UK as insufficient.

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Anyone using Grok to create illegal content would face the same consequences as uploading such material directly.

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office called the measure insulting to victims and not a solution.

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Grok limited image generation and editing features on X to paying subscribers.

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The practice of non-consensual sexual deepfakes is a serious violation of human rights, dignity, and the security of citizens in the digital space.

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Indonesia has blocked Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot over the risk of fake, AI-generated pornographic content.

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Indonesian minister says deepfakes are a ‘serious violation of human rights, dignity, and security of citizens’ online.Published On 10 Jan 2026Indonesia has become the first country in the world to block Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot over the risk of fake, AI-generated pornographic content.The country’s communication and digital affairs minister said on Saturday that “the practice of non-consensual sexual deepfakes” is a “serious violation of human rights, dignity, and the security of citizens in the digital space”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Elon Musk’s AI bot Grok limits image generation amid deepfakes backlashlist 2 of 3UK presses X to address intimate deepfake imageslist 3 of 3EU flags ‘appalling’ child-like deepfakes generated by X’s Grok AIend of list“In order to protect women, children, and the public from the risks of fake pornographic content generated using the artificial intelligence technology, the government … has temporarily blocked access to the Grok application,” Meutya Hafid said in a statement.The move comes a day after Grok limited image generation and editing features on Musk’s social media platform X to paying subscribers as it sought to tamp down mounting criticism over the deepfakes.Musk has been threatened with fines as several countries are pushing back publicly against Grok, which allowed users to alter online images to remove the subjects’ clothes.The billionaire has said anyone using Grok to create illegal content would face the same consequences as uploading such material directly.But European officials and tech campaigners slammed this week’s move to limit the AI tool’s features to paying subscribers on X, saying it failed to address their concerns.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office called the measure “insulting” to victims and “not a solution”.“That simply turns an AI feature that allows the creation of unlawful images into a premium service,” a Downing Street spokesperson said on Friday. “It’s insulting the victims of misogyny and sexual violence.”

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