French Authorities Raid X's Paris Office, Summon Elon Musk for Questioning in Expanded Criminal Investigation
French law enforcement authorities, in collaboration with Europol, conducted a search operation at X's Paris office on Tuesday, as confirmed by the Paris prosecutor's office. The raid represents a significant escalation in an ongoing criminal investigation initiated in 2025.
The investigation was originally launched on allegations of fraudulent data extraction from automated data-processing systems by an organized group. However, the French prosecutors' cybercrime unit has now expanded the scope of the inquiry to include several additional serious charges:
• Complicity in possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material (CSAM)
• Privacy violations
• Holocaust denial
The expansion of investigative charges comes amid mounting criticism of X and its owner Elon Musk regarding the platform's Grok AI system. The generative AI tool has allegedly been exploited to create nonconsensual imagery, including child abuse material, raising significant concerns about content moderation and platform safety protocols.
Summons Issued for Key Executives
Elon Musk, who acquired the platform (formerly Twitter) in 2022, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino have been officially summoned for questioning scheduled for April 20. Additional unnamed X staff members have also been summoned for interviews during the same week, according to the prosecutor's announcement.
Neither X nor representatives from eMed, where Yaccarino currently serves as CEO, responded to requests for comment on the matter.
Maylis De Roeck, spokesperson for the Paris prosecutor's office, provided an official statement confirming the operation: "The Public Prosecutor's Office's objective is ultimately to ensure platform X's compliance with French law, given that it operates within the national territory."
This development marks a critical juncture in European regulatory enforcement against major technology platforms, particularly concerning AI-generated content moderation and data protection compliance under French jurisdiction.
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