French Authorities Raid X HQ, Summon Musk Over Child Porn and Deepfake Probe
Paris prosecutors investigate Elon Musk and X for disseminating illegal content including child pornography, sexual deepfakes, and algorithm.
Key Points
- Raids on X HQ by Paris cybercrime unit, DGGN, and Europol.
- Musk and CEO Yaccarino summoned April 20 for voluntary interrogation.
- Probe opened Jan 2025, expanded to Grok AI for denialist content and deepfakes.
- Offences: child porn complicity, image attacks, data fraud, algorithm tampering.
French authorities have launched an investigation into the social media platform X and its owner, Elon Musk, over allegations of disseminating illegal content, including child pornography images, sexual deepfakes, and algorithm manipulation.
On Wednesday, officials raided X's headquarters as part of the probe, carried out by the Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit, alongside France's National Gendarmerie Directorate General (DGGN) and Europol. Prosecutors cited Musk to appear before French justice on April 20 in an investigative capacity, alongside X's CEO, Linda Yaccarino.
The investigation, opened in January 2025, stemmed from complaints filed that month and in July 2025. It later expanded to include issues with X's AI model, Grok, accused of enabling the spread of denialist content and sexual deepfakes.
Alleged offences include complicity in possessing child pornography images of minors, attacks on personal image representation, organized fraudulent data extraction from automated systems, and tampering with algorithms or IT systems.
Musk's summons uses the "free interrogation" procedure, allowing him to appear voluntarily without detention. It will help determine if formal charges follow. Failure to attend requires valid justification.
In response, the Paris prosecutor's office announced it will cease posting content on X.
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