Hong Kong: Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data investigation into Grok over alleged generation of indecent content

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
15 Jan 2026 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
Hong Kong
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

15 Jan 2026
under deliberation

Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data announced investigation into Grok over alleged generation of indecent content

On 15 January 2026, the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) announced that it is proactively contacting the organisation responsible for the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok to investigate its potential for generatin…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body data protection authority