Government Calls X, Refers to Risks of Privacy Violations and "Right to Self-Image"

In Indonesia, Komdigi stated that it had asked the X platform to be present to provide technical clarification.

Previously, Director General of Digital Space Supervision of Komdigi Alexander Sabar conveyed the initial search results which concluded that Grok did not yet have explicit and adequate settings to prevent the production and distribution of pornography based on real photos, thus risking violating privacy rights and the right to one's image when photos are manipulated or disseminated without valid consent.

At the same time, Elon Musk also stated on X that parties who use Grok to create illegal content will face consequences equivalent to uploading illegal content directly.

From an Indonesian regulatory perspective, Komdigi's actions can be read within the framework of Permenkominfo 5/2020 concerning Private Scope PSE. This regulation requires PSEs to be responsible for organizing electronic systems reliably, safely and responsibly, and ensuring that the system does not contain or facilitate the dissemination of prohibited content.

Permenkominfo 5/2020 also opens up space for “access termination” actions (take down or access blocking) if the PSE does not fulfill these obligations. In Article 9, it is emphasized that PSEs that do not carry out the obligation to ensure that their system is free from prohibited content can be subject to termination of access.

In addition, the technical provisions for termination of access give the Minister the authority to order a take down—including content containing pornography—and if this is not obeyed, the Minister can terminate access and/or order the ISP to terminate access to the electronic system concerned.