Central government wrote a letter to X, instructed to remove obscene content from Grok, also asked for report

Desk: The central government has become strict regarding the misuse of Grok. The government has written a letter to social media company ‘X’. The government has sought a report on the action taken to ensure immediate compliance for prevention of hosting, creation, publication, transmission, sharing or uploading of obscene, nude, indecent and sexually explicit content through misuse of AI-based services like Grok and other services of xAI.

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Grok is an AI chatbot and assistant tool created by Elon Musk’s company xAI. This tool can also create a picture of someone and answer questions. Recently, many such cases have come to light in which misuse of Grok has come to light. Some people also protested against this on social media and demanded action from the government.

Government also mentioned fake account

The government has said that it has been specifically observed that the service “ooGrok AI” developed by you and made available on the The surprising thing is that it is being used through fake accounts.

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Questions raised on the security and system of the platform

The letter further said that the important thing is that the matter is not limited to fake IDs only but women are also targeted through GROC if they post their pictures or videos on social media. In such a situation, their picture is tampered with the help of Grok AI and sometimes presented in obscene form. Such conduct reflects a serious failure of the platform’s security measures and systems.

The government cited the law

In this context, and without prejudice to the action taken or being taken by the authorized agencies under applicable laws, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Ministry) is of the view that the regulatory provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act) and the Information Technology Rules, 2021 are not being adequately complied with by your Platform.

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