• The raid is part of a cybercrime investigation opened in January 2025.
• Executives Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino are summoned for questioning on April 20, 2026.
• Allegations include complicity in distributing child abuse material, sexual deepfakes, and Holocaust denial.
PARIS, France – French authorities have significantly escalated their investigation into the social media platform X. The Paris public prosecutor’s office confirmed that its cybercrime unit conducted a raid on the company’s French offices on February 3, 2026, and has summoned top executives Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino for questioning.
The inquiry stems from multiple allegations of illegal content on the platform.
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A search was conducted at the French offices of the social media platform X on February 3, 2026. The operation was carried out as part of an investigation opened in January 2025 by the cybercrime division of the Paris public prosecutor’s office, with the assistance of the national gendarmerie’s cybercrime unit (UNCyber) and in the presence of Europol.
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Executive Summons and Hearings
Summons for hearings have been issued to Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino for April 20, 2026, in Paris. They are being called in their capacity as the de facto and de jure managers of X at the time of the alleged offenses. The prosecutor’s office stated the hearings are intended to allow the executives to present their position on the facts and outline any potential compliance measures.
In addition to the executives, employees of X are also scheduled to be questioned as witnesses during the week of April 20-24, 2026.
Scope of the Investigation
The investigation was initiated following two reports received on January 12, 2025, and was formally assigned to the national gendarmerie on July 9, 2025. The scope was later expanded after additional reports concerning the platform’s AI tool, Grok, which was allegedly linked to the dissemination of Holocaust denial content and sexual deepfakes.
The investigation covers several potential criminal offenses under French law, including: complicity in the possession and organized distribution of child abuse imagery, non-consensual dissemination of a person’s image (sexual deepfakes), and denial of crimes against humanity. It also includes charges related to fraudulent data extraction and manipulation of an automated data processing system in an organized gang.
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The Parquet de Paris, or the Paris public prosecutor’s office, is the judicial body responsible for representing the state’s interests in the French legal system within Paris. It handles criminal prosecutions and leads judicial investigations into alleged violations of French law, acting to bring cases before the courts on behalf of the public.
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