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February 5, 2026
X office raided in France's Grok probe; Elon Musk summoned for questioning
Paris prosecutor: Illegal content probe includes pornographic images of minors.
TL;DR
- X's Paris office was raided as part of a French investigation into illegal content.
- Elon Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino have been summoned for questioning.
- The investigation concerns the Grok chatbot's dissemination of Holocaust denial claims and sexually explicit deepfakes.
- Europol and the French Gendarmerie's cybercrime unit are assisting French authorities.
- Potential crimes include complicity in distributing child pornography, infringement of image rights via deepfakes, denial of crimes against humanity, and operating an illegal online platform.
- X has criticized the French investigation as politically motivated and a threat to free speech and privacy.
- The UK's Ofcom is investigating Grok's generation of sexual deepfakes, including of children.
- The UK's ICO is investigating X regarding the processing of personal data in relation to Grok's potential to produce harmful sexualized image and video content.
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