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X Offices Raided in France, UK Opens Investigation into Grok
The French offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X were raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit as part of an investigation into suspected offenses, including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography, according to BBC Technology. The prosecutor's office stated that both Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to appear at hearings in April.
In a separate development, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced a probe into Musk's AI tool, Grok, over its "potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content," BBC Technology reported. Musk responded to the raid on X, calling it a "political attack." The company issued a statement regarding the raid.
The investigations come as Spain announced plans to ban social media for children under the age of 16, according to BBC World. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated at the World Governments Summit in Dubai on Tuesday that the changes would protect children from the "digital Wild West." The ban, which still requires parliamentary approval, is part of a series of changes that include making company executives responsible for "illegal or harmful content" on their platforms. Australia implemented a similar ban last year, and France, Denmark, and Austria have also announced similar measures.
Meanwhile, in Colombia, BBC World reported that the BBC joined Colombian commandos on a mission to find cocaine labs in the jungle. The commandos, a police special operations unit armed by the Americans and originally trained by Britain's SAS, were engaged in what BBC described as a "never-ending battle" against drug gangs.
In Greece, at least 14 migrants died after a speedboat carrying them collided with a Hellenic Coast Guard vessel off the coast of the island of Chios on Tuesday, BBC World reported. Greek authorities said the speedboat was making dangerous maneuvers and that a pursuit was underway at the time of the collision in the Chios Strait, near the village of Vrontades. Twenty-four people were rescued, some seriously injured, and others are reportedly still missing. A search and rescue operation was ongoing Tuesday night. The coastguard has not yet clarified the exact circumstances around the collision.
In other technology news, Pinterest sacked two engineers for tracking which workers lost their jobs in a recent round of layoffs, according to BBC Technology. Last week, Pinterest announced the job cuts, with CEO Bill Ready saying in an email he was "doubling down on an AI-forward approach," according to an employee who posted some of his memo on LinkedIn. Pinterest told investors that the move would impact about 15% of the workforce, or roughly 700 roles, without specifying which teams or workers were affected. The engineers then "wrote custom scripts improperly accessing confidential company information to identify the locations and names of all dismissed employees and then shar[ed]" the information.
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