The summons for the billionaire head of the social media platform was issued in February as part of an investigation, launched in January 2025, into allegations that X's algorithm was used to interfere in French politics.

Musk faces questions as part of a year-long probe in France into suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X or its executives.

Owner of X summoned along with former CEO Linda Yaccarino over investigation by cybercrime unit into spread of deepfake content