X marks the raid: French cops swoop on Musk's Paris ops

French authorities raided X’s Paris offices amid a criminal probe into alleged algorithmic manipulation by foreign powers and into Grok AI’s dissemination of illicit content, including Holocaust denial and sexual deepfakes. Initiated in January 2025 and expanded in July, the investigation includes organized crime elements and has summoned Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino for voluntary interviews on April 20, 2026, with possible charges such as disruption of automated data processing, fraudulent data extraction, and distribution of illegal content. Parallel inquiries into Grok have been opened by the European Commission, the UK, Australia, Canada, and India, while digital rights groups urge app stores to remove X.