Malaysia Takes Legal Action Against X Over Grok AI Concerns
- tech360.tv
- Jan 14
- 2 min read
Malaysia's communications regulator will take legal action against social media platform X. The action stems from user safety concerns related to its artificial intelligence feature, Grok.
The generative AI chatbot Grok has sparked a global backlash by allowing users to create and publish sexualised images. Authorities worldwide have taken action against xAI, the Elon Musk-led firm behind the chatbot.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission identified the misuse of Grok to generate and disseminate harmful content. This includes obscene, sexually explicit, indecent, grossly offensive, and non-consensual manipulated images.
Content allegedly involving women and minors is of serious concern, the commission stated. Such conduct contravenes Malaysian law and undermines the entities’ stated safety commitments.
The Malaysian regulator served notices to X and xAI this month to remove the harmful content. However, the firms have taken no action following these notices.
Malaysia and Indonesia temporarily blocked Grok over the weekend. Britain's media regulator launched an investigation into Musk's X.
French officials have reported the social media firm to prosecutors and regulators. Remove this sentence as it is an interpretive statement not directly supported by the factual content of the original documents or the source URL.
Muslim-majority Malaysia has strict laws governing online content. These regulations include a ban on obscene and pornographic materials.
Malaysian authorities consider online gambling, scams, child pornography, grooming, cyberbullying, and content related to race, religion, and royalty as harmful. Remove this sentence as it is an interpretive statement not directly supported by the factual content of the original documents or the source URL.
Malaysia's regulator is pursuing legal action against X.
Concerns centre on Grok AI's misuse for generating harmful, sexualised content.
Specific content includes non-consensual images and content involving women and minors.
Source: REUTERS
