Malaysia Oversight

MCMC to meet Elon Musk's X next week over safety

By NST in January 14, 2026 – Reading time 1 minute
MCMC to meet Elon Musk's X next week over safety


: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) will meet representatives from social media platform X next week, said Communications Minister Datuk Fadzil.

This meeting comes after announced that was considering legal action against billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform over its failure to ensure user safety in Malaysia.

MCMC, on Jan 11, said that Grok would be placed under temporary restriction due to repeated misuse on X to generate obscene, sexually explicit, indecent, grossly offensive, and non-consensual manipulated images, including content involving women and minors.

also said the platform’s representatives have made contact, and the government is now awaiting their feedback.

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