"Paris prosecutors have raided the French offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X as part of a widening criminal investigation into how content is recommended on the platform and the role played by its AI systems. Police specialising in cybercrime, assisted by Europol, carried out the raid, according to the Paris prosecutor's office. Investigators said the operation was linked to an inquiry into X's recommendation algorithm, which has now been expanded to include scrutiny of the company's AI chatbot, Grok."
"The investigation into X began in January 2025, initially focusing on whether the platform's algorithm unlawfully promoted certain types of content. In July 2025, prosecutors expanded the scope of the probe following reports that sexually explicit deepfakes and holocaust denial material were circulating widely on the platform. At the time, X rejected the allegations and described the inquiry as an attack on free speech."
French prosecutors, with cybercrime police and Europol support, raided X's Paris offices amid a widening criminal probe of the platform's content recommendation systems and AI. Authorities expanded scrutiny to include X's Grok chatbot and now allege potential breaches across several criminal offences related to illegal imagery, data extraction, and automated processing. Concerns center on impacts of large social platforms and generative AI on public safety, individual rights, and democratic norms. The inquiry began in January 2025 over algorithmic promotion, broadened in July after reports of sexually explicit deepfakes and Holocaust denial content, and led to summonses for Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino.
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