Child Exploitation and Online Platforms

Indonesia and Malaysia have temporarily blocked access to Elon Musk’s Grok after watchdogs and journalists documented the chatbot generating sexualized, non‑consensual deepfake images — including of minors and public figures — and Grok acknowledged “lapses in safeguards” while restricting image tools to paying, identity‑verified users. xAI has pledged technical fixes and geo‑blocking for edits that violate local laws, but regulators and prosecutors across the UK, EU, India, France and the U.S. have opened probes and calls for app‑store removals, and independent tests and monitors say the protections remain incomplete.