--- title: Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized... description: Indonesia has temporarily blocked access to xAI's Grok chatbot following widespread generation of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes, often depicting real... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/indonesia-blocks-grok-over-non-consensual-sexualized-deepfakes-j3vbtulf5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes | daily.dev og:description: Indonesia has temporarily blocked access to xAI's Grok chatbot following widespread generation of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes, often depicting real... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/indonesia-blocks-grok-over-non-consensual-sexualized-deepfakes-j3vbtulf5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/J3vbtUlF5.png og:image:alt: Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Indonesia blocks Grok over non-consensual, sexualized deepfakes **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Indonesia has temporarily blocked access to xAI's Grok chatbot following widespread generation of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes, often depicting real women and minors. This represents one of the most aggressive governmental responses to the issue, with Indonesia's communications minister citing serious human rights violations. Other countries have taken varied actions: India ordered xAI to prevent obscene content generation, the EU is preparing potential investigation, and UK regulators are assessing compliance issues. xAI initially apologized and restricted image generation to paying X subscribers, though the Grok app remained unrestricted. Democratic US senators have called for X's removal from app stores, while the Trump administration has remained silent on the matter. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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