New Delhi, Jan 2, 2026
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Friday cracked down on X Corp for failing to prevent the generation and circulation of obscene, nude and indecent content on its platform.
The government has directed
The directive states that “non-compliance with these requirements shall be viewed seriously and may result in strict legal consequences against your platform, its responsible officers and the users on the platform who violate the law, without any further notice, under the IT Act, the IT Rules, the BNSS, the BNS and other applicable laws”.
The ministry directed X to conduct a comprehensive review of Grok’s technical and governance frameworks to prevent the generation of unlawful content.
It said Grok must enforce strict user policies, including suspension and termination of violators. All offending content should be immediately removed without tampering with evidence, it said.
The MeitY said non-compliance could lead to loss of safe harbor under Section 79 of the IT Act and trigger penal action under multiple laws, including the BNS, the Indecent Representation of Women Act, and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act.
In the letter to
The aforementioned acts and omissions are viewed with grave concern, as they have the effect of violating the dignity, privacy and safety of women and children, normalizing sexual harassment and exploitation in digital spaces, and undermining the statutory due diligence framework applicable to intermediaries operating in India, the letter pointed out.
The letter also states that it has especially been observed that the service Grok AI developed by X and integrated and made available on the
Importantly, this is not limited to the creation of fake accounts but also targets women who host or publish their images or videos, through prompts, image manipulation, and synthetic outputs. Such conduct reflects a serious failure of platform-level safeguards and enforcement mechanisms, and amounts to gross misuse of artificial intelligence technologies in violation of applicable laws, the letter states.
A copy of the notice has also been sent to key ministries, commissions, and state authorities, signaling coordinated action on obscenity that is being promoted through AI.(Agency)
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