X admits lapse, removes 3,500 Grok posts, deletes 600 accounts in India

Social media platform X has blocked around 3,500 posts and taken down 600 accounts after the Centre flagged the circulation of obscene content on the platform, government sources said. X has also assured authorities that it will comply with Indian regulations and prevent the hosting of such content going forward.

The action follows a notice issued last week by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), which had flagged objectionable material on X, formerly Twitter. The ministry had asked X Corp, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, to submit an action taken report within 72 hours, seeking immediate compliance to stop the hosting, generation and dissemination of obscene, indecent and explicit content, particularly content generated through AI tools such as Grok and other services of xAI.

The Centre warned that failure to comply would be viewed seriously and could invite strict legal action against the platform and its officials under Indian law.