Elon Musk's X to remove illegal content or permanently ban users posting offensive material

Microblogging site X will act against illegal content by removing it, permanently suspending accounts that uploaded the material and working with local governments as required. The Elon Musk-owned social media platform announced this in a statement through the Global Government Affairs account of X. The statement was issued hours after it said people using the platform's AI service, Grok, to create illegal content will face the same consequences as those uploading illegal content.

The statement from Musk and Global Government Affairs also follows the direction from the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity), issued on January 2, to immediately remove all vulgar, obscene and unlawful content, especially generated by AI app Grok, or face action under the law.

The Indian government discovered vulgar, obscene and other unlawful content being uploaded on X that are in violation of local laws.

"Anyone using Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content," Musk said on X in response to a post on "inappropriate images".

Later, Global government affairs at X reiterated Musk's stance on illegal content.

"We take action against illegal content on X, including Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), by removing it, permanently suspending accounts, and working with local governments and law enforcement as necessary. Anyone using or prompting Grok to make illegal content will suffer the same consequences as if they upload illegal content," Global Government Affairs on X said.

The Global Government Affairs handle also shared a link for X rules, which allows sharing of "consensually produced and distributed adult nudity or sexual behaviour, provided it's properly labelled and not prominently displayed".