JAKARTA, Legal Literacy — The Ministry of Communication and Digital (Komdigi) has taken steps to temporarily block access to Grok, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot service owned by xAI that is integrated with the X platform. This policy was taken after the government assessed that the image generation and editing features on Grok have the potential to be misused to create fake pornography and non-consensual sexual deepfakes, which have a direct impact on the safety of citizens in the digital space.

Minister of Communication and Digital Meutya Hafid emphasized that the government views the practice of sexual deepfakes without consent as a serious violation of human rights, dignity, and the security of citizens in the digital space.

Grok Feature Highlighted, Indonesia Said to Be the First Country to Block

International reports state that Indonesia is the first country to officially restrict access to Grok due to the risk of AI content with sexual nuances circulating widely, including manipulated results made without the consent of the photo subject.

In recent days, Grok has become the focus of regulators in a number of jurisdictions because users can ask the chatbot to change people's photos in ways that place the subject in sexual poses or contexts—often without consent. xAI then announced restrictions: Grok's image generation/editing feature is claimed to be limited to paying customers, although a number of other usage channels are still considered to open loopholes for misuse.