KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia is considering legal action against Elon Musk's social media platform X over its AI tool Grok being used to generate obscene content, Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil said on Tuesday.
Fahmi told a press briefing that the decision comes following inadequate responses from X to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) queries on Grok's ability to generate obscene content, including material involving children and women.
Fahmi said that MCMC contacted X last week for clarification, but the response was unsatisfactory. "After receiving MCMC's report, I instructed that a temporary restriction be imposed on Grok and that legal action be considered."
He added that the restriction applies only to Grok, not the entire X platform, citing insufficient safeguards to control AI-generated content, and that the duration of the restriction will depend on X's level of compliance with Malaysian law. ■
