"The French investigation was opened in January last year by the prosecutors' cybercrime unit, the Paris prosecutors' office said in a statement. It's looking into alleged "complicity" in possessing and spreading pornographic images of minors, sexually explicit deepfakes, denial of crimes against humanity and manipulation of an automated data processing system as part of an organized group, among other charges."
"PARIS -- French prosecutors raided the offices of social media platform X on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes. They have also summoned billionaire owner Elon Musk for questioning. X and Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI also face intensifying scrutiny from Britain's data privacy regulator, which opened formal investigations into how they handled personal data when they developed and deployed Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok."
French prosecutors raided X's offices as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations including spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes and summoned owner Elon Musk for questioning. X and Musk's AI company xAI face parallel formal investigations by Britain's data privacy regulator over handling personal data during development and deployment of the Grok chatbot. Grok produced sexualized nonconsensual deepfake images in response to user requests, prompting global outrage. The Paris cybercrime prosecutors' unit opened the inquiry in January of last year, citing alleged complicity in possessing and spreading pornographic images of minors, sexually explicit deepfakes, denial of crimes against humanity, and manipulation of automated data processing. X's French lawyer declined comment.
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