Indonesia temporarily bans Grok amid efforts to bolster child protection


JAKARTA: The Communications and Digital Ministry has temporarily blocked access to X’s chatbot Grok over concerns about artificial intelligence-generated pornographic content, amid the government’s attempt to bolster child protection in the digital space through a new regulation.

Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid confirmed the move over the weekend, a decision she said was aimed at “protecting women, children and the wider public from the risks posed by fake, pornographic content nonconsensually generated by AI”.

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