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The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.
The prosecutor's office said the probe began in January 2025 when it started looking into content recommended by the social media platform's algorithm, before being widened to include its controversial AI chatbot, Grok.
In a statement, it added that both Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino had been summoned to appear at hearings in April.
X has yet to comment but has previously characterised the investigation as an attack on free speech.
Rough translation of the crimes being investigated as part of the raid:
Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor
The raid, involving cyber-crime officers, represents a dramatic escalation of an investigation that began in January 2025.
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The prosecutor's office said the probe began in January 2025 when it started looking into content recommended by the social media platform's algorithm, before being widened to include its controversial AI chatbot, Grok.
In a statement, it added that both Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino had been summoned to appear at hearings in April.
X has yet to comment but has previously characterised the investigation as an attack on free speech.
Rough translation of the crimes being investigated as part of the raid:
- Conspiracy to illegally administer an online platform
- Fraudulent extraction of data and forging information regarding the operation of an IT system
- Accessory to possession of pornographic materials involving minors
- conspiracy to act as accessory to distribution, offering, or facilitation of the aforementioned content
- Representative slander (ie. Maliciously Making up picture of a person).
- Denial of crime against humanity
