Big claim by government sources amid controversy: X is responsible for the controversial content of AI tool 'Grok'

Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) can be held liable for everything that it produces through its artificial intelligence (AI) tool Grok. Legal opinion in this regard will be determined shortly, a government source said. Some users recently asked some questions related to Indian leaders to Grok on social media site X whose answers were objectionable several times. Amar Ujala source said that the Ministry of Electronics and IT is in talks with social media site X so that it can be examined and analyzed as to how it works.

Last year, artificial intelligence tool Gemini of Google had made objectionable comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and subsequently, the government had taken swift action and imposed new regulations on artificial intelligence content. The government official said that already rules exist in regard to social media content and it is mandatory that companies follow those rules.

Earlier today, Grok AI-owned company X filed a case against the Government of India in the Karnataka High Court regarding Section 79(3) of the IT Act. The company says that the government is using this section to arbitrarily block content, which is against the decision of the Supreme Court. X has claimed that any content should be blocked only under Section 69A, but the government is creating a parallel system, which is against the law.

Section 79(1) of the IT Act gives protection to social media platforms for content posted by their users. But under Section 79(3), if a platform does not remove objectionable content despite government orders, it may face legal action. If a platform does not remove content within 36 hours, it is at risk of losing 'safe harbor' protection and can be prosecuted under other laws including the IPC.