Centre cracks down on Elon Musk’s X over Grok AI, asks it to remove ‘obscene and sexually explicit content’

Copy of the notice filed by MeitY Friday to social media platform X. (Source: PTI)

It has directed X to immediately review Grok’s technical and governance framework, remove all unlawful content, take action against offending users, and submit an Action Taken Report within 72 hours.

“It is reiterated that non-compliance with the…requirements shall be viewed seriously and may result in strict legal consequences against your platform, its responsible officers and the users on the platform who violate the law, without any further notice, under the IT Act, the IT Rules, the BNSS, the BNS and other applicable laws,” the order said.

Earlier in the day, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi sought the Centre’s intervention to ensure safeguards are in place for women’s safety.

Have sought urgent attention and intervention of Hon. IT Minister to take the issue of increasing incidents of AI apps being prompted to sexualise and undress women by unauthorised use of their images on social media. There have to be guardrails put in place by features such as… pic.twitter.com/pR5tKzDBwi

— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) January 2, 2026

“Have sought urgent attention and intervention of Hon. IT Minister to take the issue of increasing incidents of AI apps being prompted to sexualise and undress women by unauthorised use of their images on social media. There have to be guardrails put in place by features such as Grok that do not violate women’s dignity, big tech firms need to take the onus,” she posted on X.

“And I wish men indulging in such behaviour were educated better at their homes & schools so as to not become such sick perverts in their adulthood,” she added.

After MeitY issued the notice, MP Priyanka Chaturvedi thanked the IT Minister.

I would take this opportunity to thank Hon IT Minister for promptly taking note of my letter and for issuing a letter to X platform in the regard of AI led grok generating problematic content of women based on prompts that disrespect woman’s dignity and violates their consent,… pic.twitter.com/kEb1HameMn

— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) January 2, 2026

“I would take this opportunity to thank Hon IT Minister for promptly taking note of my letter and for issuing a letter to X platform in the regard of AI led grok generating problematic content of women based on prompts that disrespect woman’s dignity and violates their consent, further silencing them on these platforms,” she posted.