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Paris Prosecutors Raid X Offices Amid Child Abuse Image Investigation
Parisian prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including the spreading of child sexual abuse images and deepfakes, according to the Associated Press. The prosecutors have also summoned X owner Elon Musk for questioning. The raid occurred amid intensifying scrutiny from Britain's data privacy regulator, which opened formal investigations into how X and Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, handled personal data during the development and deployment of Musk's artificial intelligence, the Associated Press reported.
Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, tensions remained high over immigration enforcement policies. Protests continued following the fatal shooting of 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents on January 24, Wired reported. The shooting has brought international attention to the heavily armed and masked operatives within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) who have spearheaded immigration sweeps.
At the center of the deployment in Minnesota, as well as clashes in Southern California and Illinois, are agents operating within ICE's two Special Response Teams (SRT), CBP's one SRT, and the Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC), according to Wired. These paramilitary tactical units have been criticized for behaving more like special forces than local police.
The debate over President Donald Trump's immigration policy has reached new heights, with thousands protesting the White House's immigration crackdown, Fortune reported. Trump has argued that curbing net migration would protect jobs for American workers and boost domestic wages, ultimately protecting the U.S. economy. However, Fortune noted that this argument flies in the face of economic research suggesting that immigration is a net positive. According to Fortune, some research indicates that undocumented immigrants actually shrank the deficit by $14.5 trillion over three decades.
In other international news, British police on Tuesday opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct in public office related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Associated Press reported. Mandelson is a former British ambassador to the U.S., Cabinet minister, and elder statesman. The U.K. government said newly released Epstein files suggest Mandelson had ties to Epstein, according to the Associated Press.
Also, decades after almost the entire Syrian Jewish community left the country, the Syrian government transferred control of Jewish sites in December to Henry Hamra's Jewish heritage organization, NPR reported. Hamra, a Syrian-American cantor from Brooklyn, N.Y., now holds the keys to a possible return of Jewish citizens, according to NPR.
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