Cybercrime Unit of Paris Prosecutors Raid Elon Musk’s X Offices in France

French prosecutors and cybercrime units raided X’s Paris offices as part of a preliminary investigation that began in January 2025 into alleged offenses including operating an illegal online platform, fraudulent data extraction, and tampering with automated systems, later expanded to suspected complicity related to child sexual abuse material following a sharp decline in reports and user complaints about Grok generating sexualized images. Authorities also cited concerns over algorithm changes amplifying harmful political content and summoned Elon Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino for voluntary interviews, stating the goal is to ensure the platform complies with French law amid corporate changes involving X Corp and xAI.