Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live

The Guardian - World NewsCenter-LeftEN 8 min read 100% complete by Yohannes LoweFebruary 3, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk’s X – Europe live

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The Paris prosecutor's office has raided the French offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X, as part of a year-long investigation into alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X or its executives. The raid is linked to complaints over the functioning of X's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, which allowed users to digitally strip people from images. Both Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to appear at hearings in April as part of the probe. The investigation was launched after Grok caused outrage by allowing users to generate and edit images that included children. The Paris prosecutor's office is seeking to ensure that the X platform complies with French laws, particularly regarding data protection and algorithmic manipulation. The European Commission had previously launched an investigation into X over similar concerns.

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algorithms 80% cybercrime 70% artificial intelligence 60% x platform 50% fraudulent data extraction 50% grok ai chatbot 40% french laws 40%

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