Malaysia temporarily suspends access to Grok over obscene content

NAMPA / Xinhua
2026-01-11
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia has temporarily blocked access to Grok, an AI chatbot developed by xAI, citing concerns over the generation and dissemination of obscene and sexually explicit content, the country's communications and multimedia regulator said on Sunday. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a statement that the move follows notices issued by the commission to X Corp and xAI LLC on Jan.......
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