The ban stems from content generated by Grok deemed allegedly insulting to Turkish founding father Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, current President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and Prophet Muhammed.

The court’s decision to block Grok was announced by Turkey’s Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA).

The ban makes Turkey the first country in the world to censor the Grok AI tool, according to legal scholar Yaman Akdeniz.

Following the ban, Grok released a statement saying the platform was aware of the recent issues and was working to fix them:

“We are aware of recent content by Grok and are actively working to remove inappropriate posts.........

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