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Country by country
Grok in each country we test
Blocked means every network we test there failed to open grok.com, twice, while it opened elsewhere. “Turned away by the site” means Grok itself refused visitors from that country.
| Country | Result | Since | How it fails |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChinaChina Unicom and China Mobile | Blocked | 30 Sep 2026* | the connection never completes on China Unicom and China Mobile |
| BelarusBeltelecom and MTS Belarus | Turned away by the site | 30 Sep 2026* | the site answers “forbidden” (HTTP 403) on Beltelecom and MTS Belarus |
| RussiaRostelecom and MTS | Turned away by the site | 30 Sep 2026* | the site answers “forbidden” (HTTP 403) on Rostelecom and MTS |
| AustraliaTelstra and Optus | Opens | ||
| BrazilClaro and Vivo | Opens | ||
| EgyptTwo connections | Opens | ||
| FranceOrange and Free | Opens | ||
| GermanyDeutsche Telekom and Vodafone | Opens | ||
| IndiaJio and Airtel | Opens | ||
| IndonesiaTelkom Indonesia and XL Axiata | Opens | ||
| IranTwo connections | Opens | ||
| ItalyTIM and Fastweb | Opens | ||
| MalaysiaTM Unifi and Maxis | Opens | ||
| NetherlandsKPN and Ziggo | Opens | ||
| PakistanPTCL and Nayatel | Opens | ||
| Saudi ArabiaTwo connections | Opens | ||
| South KoreaKT and SK Broadband | Opens | ||
| SpainMovistar and Orange | Opens | ||
| ThailandAIS Fibre and TOT | Opens | ||
| TurkeyTürk Telekom and Turkcell Superonline | Opens | ||
| UAEEtisalat and du | Opens | ||
| UKBT and Virgin Media | Opens | ||
| USComcast Xfinity and AT&T | Opens | ||
| VietnamViettel and FPT Telecom | Opens |
* First observed on this date: the block may be older. Older results are excluded from current totals.
Background
Where Grok is restricted, and why
In Turkey, in July 2025, after the authorities said Grok had insulted President Erdoğan, Atatürk and religious values, an Ankara court ordered 50 of its posts on X blocked. Transport minister Abdulkadir Uraloğlu said no total ban had been imposed, though one would follow if necessary. In September 2025 a court ordered Grok’s whole X account blocked, citing national security and public order, but X hadn’t enforced it when the order was reported.
In January 2026 Indonesia and Malaysia became the first countries to block Grok, after it was used to create sexualised fake images of real people, including women and minors. Indonesia’s communications ministry blocked it on 10 January, calling non-consensual sexual deepfakes a serious violation of human rights and dignity, and Malaysia’s regulator, the MCMC, followed on 11 January, saying X’s and xAI’s replies to its notices relied mainly on users reporting abuse.
Neither block lasted a month. Malaysia lifted its restriction on 23 January 2026, after X confirmed new preventive and security measures, and Indonesia began restoring access on 1 February under what it called conditional normalisation, warning that it could block Grok again. In the UK, Ofcom opened an investigation into X over the images that January, and the European Commission opened its own under the Digital Services Act.
SpaceXAI, the SpaceX unit that replaced xAI in May 2026, sets limits of its own: Grok’s terms bar anyone located in a country under US trade or economic sanctions or embargoes. Mainland China is a government block instead: GreatFire’s tests there have recorded interference with grok.com since February 2025, and its latest tests, in the three months to October 2026, all found it blocked.
Key dates
- Indonesia begins restoring access to Grok, conditionally, after X sends a written commitment to follow Indonesian law.
- Malaysia lifts its restriction on Grok after X confirms new preventive and security measures.
- Malaysia’s regulator, the MCMC, temporarily restricts Grok, citing repeated misuse to create obscene, non-consensual images.
- Indonesia temporarily blocks Grok over sexualised deepfakes, the first country to do so.
- A Turkish court orders Grok’s X account blocked, citing national security and public order; X hadn’t enforced it when the order was reported.
- An Ankara court orders 50 of Grok’s posts on X blocked after the authorities say it insulted President Erdoğan, Atatürk and religious values.
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History
Changes for Grok
No confirmed changes since monitoring began on 29 Sep 2026. When a block appears or lifts, and a re-check on several machines agrees, it shows up here.
Method
How we test
- Test machines on two big home-internet providers in each country open the homepage every day.
- A failure counts only when it happens twice on the same network, while the site opens from other countries.
- A change is published only after a re-check a few hours later, on several machines per provider, confirms it. It’s dated from the first sighting.
- Test machines caught getting around blocks, through a VPN or a filter-dodging tool, are set aside.
- We test websites over home broadband. Apps, calls and mobile networks can behave differently.
Questions
Grok blocks: questions
Why Did Indonesia and Malaysia Block Grok?
Because it was being used to make sexualised fake images of real people, including women and minors. Indonesia’s communications minister called non-consensual sexual deepfakes a serious violation of human rights and dignity, and Malaysia’s regulator said X’s and xAI’s replies to its notices relied mainly on users reporting abuse.
Is Grok Banned in Turkey?
Not as a whole. In July 2025 an Ankara court ordered 50 of Grok’s posts on X blocked, after the authorities said it had insulted President Erdoğan, Atatürk and religious values, and the transport minister said no total ban had been imposed. A September 2025 order against Grok’s whole X account hadn’t been enforced by X when it was reported.
Has Malaysia Lifted Its Grok Ban?
Yes. The MCMC lifted its temporary restriction on 23 January 2026, after X confirmed it had added preventive and security measures, and said it would keep monitoring the platform. Indonesia began restoring access on 1 February 2026, warning that it could block Grok again if violations continued.
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