French Prosecutors Raid X Office, Summon Elon Musk in Grok Probe

Paris cybercrime police raided X's Paris offices and the Paris public prosecutor's office said it had summoned Elon Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino for voluntary interviews on April 20, 2026 in the yearlong Grok investigation, the prosecutor's office said.

The investigation, opened Jan. 2025 and expanded in July 2025, is probing alleged complicity in possession and distribution of pornographic images of minors, infringement via sexual deepfakes, denial of crimes against humanity and suspected fraudulent extraction of automated data, prosecutors said.

Europol said its European Cybercrime Centre provided "an analyst on the ground" to assist French authorities and that the "investigation concerns a range of suspected criminal offenses linked to the functioning and use of the platform," spokesperson Jan Op Gen Oorth said.

Britain's Information Commissioner's Office opened a formal investigation into X's processing of personal data related to Grok, and Ofcom said it is gathering evidence and "progressing the investigation as a matter of urgency," officials said.

Prosecutors summoned unnamed X employees to appear the week of April 20-24, 2026 and said after the April 20 hearings they could close the case, continue the investigation or pursue charges, prosecutor's office spokesperson Maylis De Roeck said.