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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 Malaysia on Sunday, the Associated Press reports. Meanwhile, UK media regulator Ofcom has opene

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• Indonesia and Malaysia have suspended access to Grok after it was used to create sexualized AI images.
• Indonesia's minister of communications said she suspended Grok to protect women and children.
• The UK's media regulator is also launching an investigation into Grok as global pressure on X grows.

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