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The government has issued a stern notice to Elon Musk-led social media platform X, directing it to immediately remove all vulgar, obscene and unlawful content, particularly content generated through the AI app Grok, or face action under the law.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(Meity) has issued the notice to the Chief Compliance Officer for India operations of X for failure to observe statutory due diligence obligations under the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the IT Rules, 2021.
“…X is hereby directed to…remove or disable access, without delay, to all content already generated or disseminated in violation of applicable laws, in strict compliance with the timelines prescribed under the IT Rules, 2021, without vitiating the evidence in any manner,” the order dated 2 January said.
Meity has also directed X to take action against offending content, users and accounts, and to submit a detailed action taken report within 72 hours from the date of issuance of the order.
According to the ministry, it has received inputs from time to time, including through public discourse and representations from various parliamentary stakeholders, that certain categories of content circulating on X may not be in compliance with applicable laws relating to decency and obscenity.
