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  • Affairs
  • 14 Jan 2026
  • 7 min

Explainer 500: Why are Malaysia and Indonesia alone in taking on Grok?

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  • The Foreign Desk
  • Affairs
  • 7 min

Only Malaysia and Indonesia have threatened a ban on X unless its AI assistant, Grok, stops producing sexually explicit content. Why is the rest of the world staying silent?

Host
  • Andrew Mueller
Contributors
  • Anita Riotta
  • Lily Austin

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