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X gets a govt message: Fix Grok or face action
Financial Express Mumbai
|January 03, 2026
Platform asked to file compliance report in 72 hours
THE GOVERNMENT ON Friday issued a formal warning and binding directive to Elon Musk-owned X over what it described as repeated failures to prevent the generation and circulation of obscene and sexually explicit content through its AI tool Grok. It cautioned that noncompliance could lead to the loss of legal immunity and criminal action against the platform and its senior executives.
The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) directed the company’s chief compliance officer for India operations to submit an action taken report within 72 hours and to immediately overhaul its technical and governance safeguards around Grok. Failure to comply, the ministry said, could result in the withdrawal of X's intermediary protection under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, exposing it to liability under multiple criminal and civil laws.
This story is from the January 03, 2026 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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