KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 11, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Malaysia suspended access to ElonMusk's chatbot Grok over AI-generated pornographic content, the country'stech regulator said on Sunday. On Saturday Indonesia became the first country to deny all access to thetool, which has been restricted to paying subscribers elsewhere. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission said in a statement ithad "directed a temporary restriction on access to the Grok artificialintelligence for users in Malaysia" with immediate effect. "This action follows repeated misuse of Grok to generate obscene, sexuallyexplicit, indecent, grossly offensive and non-consensual manipulated images,"the regulator said. The Malaysian regulator said it deemed the platform's safeguards inadequate,adding that access would resume only after the required changes are verified.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 11, 2026 14:58 UTC