PARIS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - 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, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday.
The raid and the summoning of Musk — which could further increase tensions between Europe and the U.S. over big tech and free speech — are linked to a year-long investigation into suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X or its executives.
In a statement the Paris prosecutor’s office said it was widening that investigation following complaints over the functioning of X’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok.
Investigation Includes Sexually Explicit Deepfakes
The probe will now also investigate alleged complicity in the “detention and diffusion” of images of a child‑pornographic nature and the violation of a person’s image rights with sexually explicit deepfakes, among other potential crimes.
