Elon Musk’s X Offices in Paris Raided by Prosecutors as Part of Investigation Into Grok’s Sexual Deepfakes

The Paris offices of Elon Musk‘s X were raided today (Feb. 3) as part of the investigation launched last year by the cybercrime division of the Paris public prosecutor’s office.

Musk and Linda Yacarino have been summoned by French authorities for a court appearance on April 20 as part of the investigation, while employees of platform X are also summoned for the following week in April to be heard as witnesses, as explained by French prosecutor Laure Beccuau in a press release.

The investigation stems from from reports “denouncing Grok‘s operation on platform X, which led to the dissemination of Holocaust denial content and sexual deepfakes,” said the prosecutor’s letter, which stated Musk’s platform is facing charges of “complicity in the possession of child pornography images, complicity in the distribution, offering, or making available, as part of an organized gang, of child pornography images, infringement of personal image rights, and denial of crimes against humanity, among other serious offences.

More to come.