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February 3, 2026
Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit searches X office, Musk summoned
France's raid and summoning of Musk are linked to an investigation into suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X or its executives.
TL;DR
- French police raided X's Paris offices as part of an investigation into suspected algorithm abuse and data extraction.
- Elon Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to a hearing in April.
- The French probe now includes allegations of child pornography and deepfake image rights violations related to the AI chatbot Grok.
- Britain's privacy watchdog is investigating Grok for processing personal data and generating potentially harmful sexualized images.
- The European Union has also launched an investigation into X concerning the dissemination of illegal content.
- Reuters reported that Grok continues to generate sexualized images of people without consent, despite xAI implementing some restrictions.
- The Paris prosecutor's office is communicating on LinkedIn and Instagram instead of X.
- French lawmaker Eric Bothorel praised the investigation, stating the Rule of Law applies to everyone.
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