The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on January 2 issued a notice to X Corp’s India compliance head, citing concerns over the misuse of its AI tool Grok to generate and circulate obscene and sexually explicit content.
The letter, dated January 2, points to reports of women being targeted through manipulated prompts, fake accounts and synthetic images on the platform.
MeitY said such activity reflects serious gaps in X’s platform safeguards and enforcement mechanisms, and raises concerns about violations of women’s dignity, privacy and safety. The ministry said the misuse of AI systems in this manner could attract penal consequences under multiple Indian laws.
The notice comes days after MeitY issued an advisory to all intermediaries, urging tighter compliance and content moderation to prevent the spread of obscene, indecent and unlawful content online.
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