French police and Europol searched X’s local office, The Paris Prosecutor’s Office announced On Tuesday.
is part of the raid An ongoing investigation launched in 2025 On charges of “fraudulent extraction of data” from an automated data processing system by an organized group.
French prosecutors’ cyber crimes unit said the investigation has now been expanded to cover other alleged crimes, including: complicity in the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material; violation of privacy; And Holocaust denial.
The investigation has expanded as X and its owner Elon Musk faces widespread criticism For allowing its Grok AI to be used to generate non-consensual imagery, including child abuse imagery, of other people on its platform.
musk, who bought x (formerly Twitter) in 2022, and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino was called in for questioning on April 20. According to the prosecutor’s announcement, unnamed X employees were also summoned for the same week.
X and spokes for emade, Where Yaccarino is now Chief Executivedid not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment.
When contacted for comment, Méliès de Roque, a spokesman for the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirmed the raid in a statement. “The Public Prosecutor’s Office ultimately aims to ensure Platform X’s compliance with French law, given that it operates within the national territory,” the statement said.
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