France raids X, summons Musk

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The Associated Press

@apnews.com

Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of an investigation into child porn, deepfakes and more

French prosecutors have launched a search at the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X. This is part of an investigation into alleged offenses, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

bit.ly

February 3, 2026 at 11:03 AM

by Steve Peers Reposted by Lyndsey Stonebridge, Anders Nilsson, Karen O’Leary , and 1 more Lyndsey Stonebridge, Anders Nilsson, Karen O’Leary, Simon Wren‐Lewis

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🎓 Lyndsey Stonebridge	4%	16	1.6%
🎓 Anders Nilsson	1%	23	0.5%
🎓 Karen O’Leary	0%	12	0.0%
🎓 Simon Wren‐Lewis	-	30	-
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Steve Peers

@stevepeers.bsky.social

French prosecutors raid Paris offices of X, issues summons to Musk and Yaccarino www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor

The Paris prosecutor says its cyber-crime unit is conducting a search of X's offices.

www.bbc.co.uk

February 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM

by Tim Stephens

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Tim Stephens

@proftimstephens.bsky.social

“Prosecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company’s former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime.”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit

Prosecutors’ announcement comes amid a hardening of European attitudes to social media firms

www.theguardian.com

February 3, 2026 at 10:43 PM

Reposted by R. M. Wilson, Will Jennings

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Richard Chambers

@newschambers.bsky.social

Paris prosecutors raid the offices of Elon Musk's X.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit searches French office of Musk's X

The Paris prosecutor's office said a search was underway at the French offices of Elon Musk's social media network X on Tuesday as part of an investigation opened in January 2025.

www.reuters.com

February 3, 2026 at 9:53 AM

by Steve Peers Reposted by Simon Wren‐Lewis

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Steve Peers

@stevepeers.bsky.social

story updated: the investigation 'was opened in January 2025 following complaints about X's algorithm and the content it recommended'. It 'was expanded in July 2025 after reports of sexually explicit deepfakes and holocaust denial content circulating on the platform.'

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 18h

French prosecutors raid Paris offices of X, issues summons to Musk and Yaccarino www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor

The Paris prosecutor says its cyber-crime unit is conducting a search of X's offices.

www.bbc.co.uk

February 3, 2026 at 10:29 AM

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol

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Steve Herman

@newsguy.bsky.social

Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk's X as part of an ongoing investigation of algorithm manipulation and illicit data extraction that has expanded into alleged complicity in spreading child sex abuse materials and sexualizing deepfakes. www.france24.com/en/france/20...

Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit raids X’s French office

The cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor's office on Tuesday launched a search of the French offices of social media platform X. The raid was connected to an ongoing investigation launched in January…

www.france24.com

February 3, 2026 at 12:12 PM

Reposted by Timur Kuran

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Reposted by Jože P. Damijan

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Reposted by Anne Nevgi

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by Timothy D. McBride

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🎓 Timothy D. McBride	-	23	-

Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Paris prosecutors raided X offices and summoned Musk as global crackdown on Grok intensifies www.axios.com/2026/02/03/m...

Paris prosecutors raided X offices and summoned Musk as global crackdown on Grok intensifies

UK regulators also opened formal investigations.

www.axios.com

February 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM

by Will Jennings Reposted by Jonathan Portes

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Will Jennings📉🗳️

@drjennings.bsky.social

Now your turn UK government.

CNN @cnn.com · 18h

JUST IN: 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. https://cnn.it/4keUiI9

February 3, 2026 at 10:20 AM

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

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MeidasTouch

@meidastouch.com

Per BBC, “Police specialising in combating cyber-crime, assisted by Europol, have raided the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform, X, in France.”

Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor

The Paris prosecutor says its cyber-crime unit is conducting a search of X's offices.

www.bbc.com

February 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM

Reposted by Greg Linden

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Erick Fernandez

@erickfernandez.bsky.social

“The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.”

Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor

The raid, involving cyber-crime officers, represents a dramatic escalation of an investigation that began in January 2025.

www.bbc.com

February 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM

by Timothy D. McBride

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🎓 Timothy D. McBride	-	23	-

Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit searches X office, Musk summoned
www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit searches X office, Musk summoned

French police raided the offices of Elon Musk's social media network X and prosecutors ordered the tech billionaire to face questions in April related to a widening investigation into the platform, th...

www.reuters.com

February 3, 2026 at 12:02 PM

by Margot C. Finn

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10

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Margot Finn

@eicathomefinn.bsky.social

'The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography.' 1/2

Musk's X office in France raided by Paris prosecutor

The Paris prosecutor says its cyber-crime unit is conducting a search of X's offices.

www.bbc.co.uk

February 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, Anders Nilsson

2%

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🎓 Anders Nilsson	1%	23	0.5%
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makena kelly

@makenakelly.bsky.social

NEW: Elon Musk's X is awarding Nick Shirley—the creator who boosted the fraud allegations that led to ICE's Minneapolis surge—$100,000 for his "coverage.
x.com/XCreators/st...

February 3, 2026 at 11:43 PM

by David Rothschild

4%

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David Rothschild

@davmicrot.bsky.social

SpaceX (which “bought” X and XAI yesterday) owns & operates the most prolific child-porn deepfake production & distribution platform in the world, very reasonable for countries to worry about that.