Malaysia and Indonesia are the first to block Grok following CSAM scandal

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By Kris HoltJan 12, 2026, 12:00 pm75 pts
Malaysia and Indonesia are the first countries to block Grok, claiming that X’s chatbot does not have sufficient safeguards in place to prevent explicit AI-generated deepfakes of women and children from being created and disseminated on X. Indonesia temporarily blocked access to Grok on Saturday, as did…

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