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February 3, 2026
French police raid X’s Paris office as UK investigation continues
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TL;DR
- X's Paris office was raided by authorities as part of an investigation into serious allegations.
- The investigation includes child pornography, denial of crimes against humanity (Holocaust denial), algorithm manipulation, and illegal data extraction.
- Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino were previously summoned for hearings.
- The UK's ICO is investigating X and xAI over concerns about Grok generating harmful sexualized images and videos.
- Ofcom is also gathering evidence to determine if X has broken the law.
- These investigations are a response to the proliferation of nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes generated by xAI's Grok on X.
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