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]]>The action comes amid increasing pressure on Grok from regulators across the world, as governments intensify scrutiny of generative artificial intelligence tools over content moderation failures, data safety concerns and the spread of non consensual sexually explicit images that have appeared on X in recent days.
According to government sources, X accepted its mistake and informed the authorities that corrective measures have been taken. The platform has blocked thousands of objectionable posts and removed hundreds of accounts, while also assuring that such obscene imagery will not be allowed in the future.
Earlier, X had stated through its Safety handle that it takes action against illegal content on its platform, including child sexual abuse material, by removing such content, permanently suspending accounts and cooperating with law enforcement agencies when required. The platform had also said that users prompting Grok to generate illegal content would face the same consequences as those directly uploading such material.
X has faced strong backlash globally over the misuse of Grok for creating digitally manipulated and sexually explicit images through user prompts. Governments in Europe and Asia have warned the platform of consequences if it fails to adhere to online safety norms, while public calls for strict action against both X and Grok have intensified.
On January 2, the IT Ministry issued a directive to X, asking it to immediately remove all vulgar, obscene and unlawful content generated through Grok or face legal action. The ministry also sought a detailed action taken report within 72 hours, outlining technical and organisational safeguards, the role of the Chief Compliance Officer, action against offending users and mechanisms to ensure compliance with Indian laws.
The ministry noted that Grok AI, developed by X and integrated into the platform, was being misused to create fake accounts and generate obscene images and videos of women in a derogatory manner. It added that even genuine images uploaded by women were being targeted through prompts, image manipulation and synthetic outputs, reflecting a serious failure of platform level safeguards and enforcement.
The government made it clear that compliance with the IT Act and related rules is mandatory and that the safe harbour protection under Section 79 of the IT Act is conditional on strict adherence to due diligence obligations. Authorities warned that failure to comply could result in the loss of legal immunity and invite action under the IT Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
X was directed to strictly enforce its user terms and AI usage restrictions, including imposing deterrent measures such as suspension and termination of violating accounts. It was also asked to remove or disable access to unlawful content without delay, in line with timelines prescribed under the IT Rules, 2021, while preserving evidence.
While X initially responded with a detailed reply reiterating its respect for Indian laws and guidelines, the government felt the response lacked crucial information, including specific takedown details and concrete steps taken to address and prevent the misuse of Grok. This prompted the authorities to seek further clarification and stronger action.
X has now conveyed to the government that it has accepted the concerns and will comply with Indian regulations, sources said.
Beyond India, the issue has drawn attention in the United Kingdom and the European Union. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer described the misuse of AI generated imagery as disturbing, while the European Commission has reportedly asked X to preserve documents related to Grok. The UK communications regulator Ofcom said it has sought urgent clarification from X and xAI regarding steps taken to meet legal obligations to protect users and added that it would assess whether a formal investigation is required.
Meanwhile, three Democratic senators in the United States have urged Apple and Google to suspend X and Grok from their app stores, alleging violations of platform terms of service.
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]]>After work hours, a spokesperson from Musk’s family office did not immediately reply to a request for comment. In just one of his first tweets following the take-private transaction, Musk defended free expression on the internet. Officials in China, meanwhile, have banned Twitter, as well as most other American social media platforms, due to concerns about the influence on public debate.
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]]>Depending on Musk’s offering price of $54.20 per share and conditions in the company’s latest prospectus, Equilar’s calculation includes a year’s valuation of Agrawal’s basic pay as well as expedited vesting of all stock awards, according to an Equilar spokesman.
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— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 23, 2022
As per Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, Musk’s bid to acquire Twitter is being considered. “The board would go through a thorough process and make a judgment in our shareholders’ best interests.”
There have been some mixed reviews by the netizens regarding the clash between Elon Musk and Bill Gates and curating their own theories.
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]]>“Apple app store fees are a de facto global tax on the Internet. Epic is right,” Musk said in a tweet.
The issue came to focus after Epic Games, the maker of ‘Fortnite’, alleged that the iPhone maker has abused its dominance in the market for mobile apps. It even filed a lawsuit against Apple last year.
Epic broke Apple’s rules when it introduced its own in-app payment system in ‘Fortnite’ to circumvent Apple’s commissions. The tech giant subsequently removed the game from its app store.
Apple has so far not responded to the development, but the company has defended its app store practices both in court and to lawmakers in hearings.
“Actually, I like & use Apple products. They are just obviously overcharging with App Store. I mean 30% fees for doing almost zero incremental work is completely unreasonable. Epic wouldn’t bother processing their own payments if App Store fees were fair,” he further said on Twitter.
“Normally, competitive pressure would force Apple to lower fees, but Apple & Android have a duopoly on phones. When interface familiarity is taken into account, it’s basically a monopoly,” the Tesla CEO said while replying to a user on Twitter.
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]]>The electric-car maker’s pitch to lower duties, however, is likely to face resistance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration which has championed high import taxes for many industries in a bid to boost local manufacturing.
“We want to do so, but import duties are the highest in the world by far of any large country,” Musk said in reply to a tweet about launching the company’s cars in India.
“But we are hopeful that there will be at least a temporary tariff relief for electric vehicles,” Musk added.
Other luxury automakers in India have also lobbied the government in the past to lower taxes on imported cars but have had little success due to opposition from rivals with domestic operations.
Tesla, which aims to begin sales in India this year, said in a letter to ministries and the country’s leading think-tank Niti Aayog that slashing federal taxes on imports of fully assembled electric cars to 40% would be more appropriate, according to the sources.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Edge Media staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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]]>Uptill the current time, SpaceX has launched approximately 1,600 Starlink Satellites into the horizon. The company expects to reach a total number of 12,000 by the year 2027. However, Google Cloud is available in 144 locations and 200+ countries and territories. It focusses to expand to Delhi (India), Doha (Qatar), Toronto (Canada), Melbourne (Australia) etc. shortly.
SpaceX had announced a deal with Microsoft Azure last year. The deal was made to build an interconnect internet network to to deliver high-speed internet to anywhere in the world. At that time, Shotwell said,”Where it makes sense, we will work with Microsoft; co-selling to our mutual customers, co-selling to new enterprise and future customers”.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in India, has requested the SpaceX Starlink to share a detailed guide to get approval for launching its services. Spacex’s colaboration with Google Cloud will lay a strong foundation for the future ventures. Enterprises are a crucial part of any service provider and SpaceX will welcome its new aspect into the segment of industry.
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]]>The post Trump’s son pleads with Elon Musk, create social media where my father is not banned appeared first on The Edge Media.
]]>Trump’s son posted a video on Instagram asking why Elon Musk doesn’t create a social media platform? He has done a great job on the space and he has done this work on his own. He has shown this work in a better and economical manner with big governments. I think he is a person who can prove much better than a platform like Twitter.
He further said that it is not that I am advocating any conservative platform. I want a platform where I can share my thoughts with people of other ideology and not any platform where we try to control. Alan, why don’t you build such a platform? Please come with a concept. I think you are a person who can save free speech in America.
After being banned from the same mainstream social media platforms, Donald Trump said that Big Tech companies are making a big mistake. He had said that ‘this method of these companies is going to divide the people of the country and I have been saying this for a long time. These companies have made a big mistake and this will send a message to do the same in other companies and this can cause a lot of problems.On the decision to ban the same trump, the founder and CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsi, said that this is also a failure of Twitter because we could not take enough steps to promote healthy dialogue on this platform. However, he justified his decision. Jack Dorsey said in his tweets that he is neither celebrating nor feeling any pride in this ban. He said that his Twitter account was deleted only after Trump had been warned several times.
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