The French offices of Elon Musk’s X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor’s cyber-crime unit, investigating suspected offenses including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography. This probe began in January 2025, initially focusing on the platform’s algorithm before expanding to its AI chatbot, Grok.

• Both Musk and former X chief executive officer Linda Yaccarino have been summoned for hearings in April.
• The prosecutor’s office is investigating potential crimes, including complicity in possessing or distributing child pornography, infringement of image rights with sexual deepfakes, and fraudulent data extraction.
• Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, criticized French authorities for "criminally persecuting all social networks that give people some degree of freedom."