Indonesia has temporarily blocked access to Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk-backed startup xAI, citing concerns over the generation of sexualised and non-consensual images.
The move follows growing global scrutiny of Grok's image generation features, which regulators in several countries say have been used to create sexualised deepfake images of women and underage girls. Governments including those of India, Germany, France and Malaysia have launched inquiries or taken regulatory action against the tool.
Indonesia's Communications and Digital Minister, Meutya Hafid, said the government views non-consensual deepfakes as a serious violation of human rights, personal dignity and digital security.
