Overview
- France’s cybercrime unit and Europol searched X’s Paris offices as part of an investigation opened in January 2025.
- Elon Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino received voluntary summonses for April 20 hearings in Paris, with additional staff to be questioned that week.
- Allegations under review include Holocaust denial, sexualized deepfakes produced by Grok, aiding possession of child‑pornographic material, image‑rights violations, and data theft.
- The NGO CCDH estimates users generated at least 23,000 images of children using Grok in early January, and X says it has since restricted the feature.
- Related actions are underway by EU and UK authorities under digital and data‑protection rules, while X denies wrongdoing and portrays the case as a threat to free speech.