X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigatio...

What’s Happening

Let’s talk about Elon Musk’s X and Grok platforms are facing increased scrutiny from authorities on both sides of the channel.

X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok Just now Save Liv McMahon Technology reporter Save The French offices of Elon Musks X have been raided prosecutors cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography. The prosecutors office also dropped both Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino had been summoned to appear at hearings in April. (plot twist fr)

In a separate development, the UKs Information Commissioners Office (ICO) just dropped a probe into Musks AI tool, Grok, over its “potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content.

The Details

” Writing on X, Musk dropped the raid was a “political attack”. The company dropped in a statement that it was “disappointed” but “not surprised,” and accused the Paris Public Prosecutors office of an “abusive act.

” X also shut down any wrongdoing and dropped the raid “endangers free speech. ” The investigation began in January 2025 when French prosecutors kicked off looking into content recommended by Xs algorithm, before being widened in July that year to include Musks controversial AI chatbot, Grok.

Why This Matters

Yaccarino also took to X to accuse French prosecutors of carrying out “a political vendetta against Americans. ” “To be clear: they are lying,” added Yaccarino, who left the firm last year. Following Tuesdays raid, French prosecutors say they are now investigating whether X has broken the law across multiple areas.

Market watchers are paying close attention to developments like this.

The Bottom Line

Among potential crimes it dropped it would investigate were complicity in possession or organised distribution of images of children of a pornographic nature, infringement of peoples image rights with sexual deepfakes and fraudulent data extraction group. New UK investigation Meanwhile, UK authorities have given an update on their investigations into sexual deepfakes created d on X.

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