Indonesia lifts conditional ban on Grok after assurances from X Corp

Indonesia lifted a ban on Grok, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, weeks after the government had blocked the tool because it was being used to generate sexualized images of real people. The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs said it had received a letter from X Corp "outlining concrete steps for service improvements and the prevention of misuse." X Corp is a subsidiary of xAI, Mr.

Musk’s A.I. company, the ministry said. The ministry said the ban would be lifted "conditionally," and that Grok could be blocked again if "further violations are discovered," Alexander Sabar, the ministry’s director general of digital space monitoring, said in the statement. Indonesia was one of several Southeast Asian countries that banned access to Grok last month after the chatbot flooded X, the social media app owned by Mr.

Musk, with millions of sexually explicit images of real people. In response to user requests, the chatbot manipulated photos of real people to dress them in skimpy garments, remove their clothes or pose their bodies in suggestive ways, according to a New York Times analysis. Malaysia and the Philippines lifted their bans on Jan.

23. Indonesia has historically taken a strict stance against pornographic content, restricting access to websites like Pornhub and OnlyFans and briefly suspending TikTok in 2018 over content officials said posed risks to children.

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