French Police Raid X's Paris Office Amidst Growing Investigations
French police, accompanied by Europol, raided the Paris office of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into multiple allegations, including the spread of child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. The Paris prosecutors office announced the raid, which is an expansion of an investigation initially launched in 2025 concerning the fraudulent extraction of data from an automated data processing system by an organized group, according to TechCrunch.
The investigation has broadened to encompass complicity in possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, privacy violations, and Holocaust denial, the Paris prosecutors cybercrime unit stated. The Associated Press reported that the probe also includes allegations of spreading deepfakes.
Elon Musk, owner of X, and former CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned for questioning by French authorities, according to The Verge. The investigation comes as X and Musk face increasing criticism for allegedly allowing its Grok AI to be used to generate non-consensual imagery, including child abuse imagery, on its platform, TechCrunch reported.
X and Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, are also under scrutiny from Britain's data privacy regulator. NPR reported that the regulator opened formal investigations into how they handled personal data during the development and deployment of Musk's artificial intelligence.
The raid and summonses highlight the growing legal and regulatory pressure on X and its leadership regarding content moderation and data privacy practices. The investigation is ongoing.
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