Musk’s French X offices searched

Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris have been searched by French law enforcement’s cybercrime unit as part of an ongoing probe into alleged misuses of the social media platform.

Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino, as the de facto managers of the platform, were summoned for voluntary hearings taking place in April, the Paris prosecutor said in a statement on Tuesday. The prosecutor will also summon other X employees to speak, it said.

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Police are looking into lawmakers’ allegations that the X platform hosted and was used to distribute child sexual abuse material, as well as posts denying crimes against humanity.

It’s also been accused of fraudulently extracting and falsifying data. At this stage, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said that the investigation is “part of a constructive approach, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that X complies with French law”.

A representative for X didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Yaccarino, who left her role in July, couldn’t immediately be reached.

Last year, the Paris prosecutor opened an investigation into the social media platform’s algorithms, probing alleged bias and manipulation.

Prosecutors requested access to its recommendation engine and data on user posts, prompting X to deny the allegations and refuse to comply what it described as a “politically-motivated criminal investigation”.

Grok

The probe was widened to X’s Grok, an AI chatbot that has been in the cross-hairs of regulators in multiple countries after users generated undressed images of children and non-consenting women and posted them to X.

XAI, which owns the X platform, has since said it has disabled the ability for people to use Grok to create sexualised images of real people.

Musk has said the company has “zero tolerance” for CSAM [photo-realistic child sexual abuse material] and nonconsensual nudity.

The European Union and UK communications regulator Ofcom have also opened probes.

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