The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a strong notice to X Corp (formerly Twitter) for non-compliance of statutory due diligence obligations under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Information Technology Rules, 2021. The government has ordered
IT Ministry wrote a letter to social media platform X. Grok asked to take action against misuse of AI. Asked to take action against those users who have posted sexual or indecent photos and content of women using GROk AI. All such content will have to be removed within 72 hours and information about the action taken will have to be given to the ministry. If no action is taken by x then strict action will be taken against him also.
Priyanka Chaturvedi had written a letter to the IT Ministry
The Ministry has expressed serious concern over reports that X’s AI service “Grok” is being misused to create and share obscene, indecent and sexually explicit content targeting women. The letter highlights that users have misused Grok’s AI capabilities to create artificial images and videos in a humiliating manner, thereby violating privacy and dignity. MeitY warned that such acts normalize sexual harassment and undermine legal safeguards.
Why did the government take this decision?
Actually, by posting photos, X users used to instruct the bot to remove a woman’s dress and show her in a more provocative form. At times, Grok has provided output such as editing of women’s photos without permission, resulting in obscenely modified images, which is against the platform’s own policies and the laws of India. Therefore, the government has now taken action against the ongoing trend against women. If the platform does not ensure this, it may have to face legal action.
The government had sent the notice in the last weeks of the year 2025
In the last weeks of the year 2025, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had issued a new advisory, in which social media platforms were directed to ‘more strictly comply’ with their obligations to remove obscene, adult or illegal content. If this is not done, the platforms may have to face strict action.
