X offices raided in Paris by French prosecutors amid investigation

Musk has been summoned for questioning.

The Paris prosecutor’s cyber-crime unit raided the offices on Tuesday (February 3) as part of their investigation into allegations including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.

Both Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino have also been summoned by the prosecutor’s office to appear at hearings in April.

French authorities opened an investigation into X in January 2025 after prosecutors looked into content recommended by X’s algorithm. In July, the investigation was widened to include the platform’s controversial AI assistant, Grok.

Prosecutors have said that, following the raid, they are now looking into whether X broke the law across multiple areas, the BBC reports.

Whilst X has yet to respond to the office raid, it has previously labelled the French case as “politically-motivated” and has denied allegations it had manipulated its algorithm.

Separately, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced a probe into Grok over its “potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content.”

Last month, Musk and X came under fire after it emerged Grok was being used by some users to produce sexualised deepfakes of women without their consent. In some cases, sexualised images of children are alleged to have been created by Grok after requests from users.

Ofcom announced in January that it was investigating the matter and the British government urged the regulator to use all its powers. This includes potentially implementing a ban on X in the UK.