French offices of Elon Musk's X platform raided by Paris cybercrime unit

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Source: CNN Business

Updated Feb 3, 2026, 8:02 AM ET
PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2026, 4:59 AM ET


Paris - French police raided the Paris offices of Elon Musk’s X Tuesday and summoned the tech billionaire for questioning as part of a widening probe into the social media company and its AI chatbot Grok.

The search was linked to an investigation opened in January 2025, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday, adding that its cybercrime unit conducted the raid with help from Europol.

Both X chairman Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to appear at hearings in April, while X employees will be questioned as witnesses, according to the Paris prosecutor. CNN has reached out to X for comment.

In July, the company denied any wrongdoing and called the French investigation “politically motivated” and an attack on free speech. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the investigation, which initially focused on suspected abuse of algorithms, had been broadened to include Grok’s “sexual deepfakes” and the circulation of “Holocaust denial content.”

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Updated Feb 3, 2026, 6:02 AM ET
PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2026, 4:59 AM ET


Paris - A search was being carried out at the French offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X as part of an investigation opened in January 2025, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday.

The prosecutor’s cybercrime unit is conducting the raid, it said in a statement, with Europol also involved.

Both X chairman Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to appear at hearings in April, while X employees will be questioned as witnesses, according to the Paris prosecutor. CNN has reached out to X for comment.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said the French investigation, which initially focused on suspected abuse of algorithms, had been broadened to include “Grok’s sexualized deepfakes.”