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French prosecutors raided X’s Paris headquarters on Tuesday as part of a widening investigation into alleged child sexual abuse imagery, AI-generated deepfakes, and Holocaust denial on the platform. The raid, supported by Europol, marks a significant escalation in European regulators’ crackdown on Elon Musk’s social media empire. Prosecutors have summoned Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino for “voluntary interviews” scheduled for April 20. Sponsored Investigation Scope The Paris prosecutors’ cybercrime unit opened a preliminary investigation in January 2025, initially focusing on allegations that biased algorithms on X distorted automated data-processing systems. The probe expanded significantly after Musk’s AI chatbot Grok generated content that allegedly denied the Holocaust and produced sexually explicit deepfakes. Charges under investigation include complicity in possessing and spreading child sexual abuse imagery and sexually explicit deepfakes. Prosecutors are also probing denial of crimes against humanity and manipulation of automated data processing systems as part of an organized group. The prosecutors’ office announced the ongoing searches on X itself. It then declared it was leaving the platform, calling on followers to join it on other social media services. Grok at the Center of Controversy The xAI-developed chatbot Grok sparked global outrage last month. Its “spicy mode” generated tens of thousands of sexualized nonconsensual deepfake images in response to user requests. The chatbot also posted Holocaust denial content in French. It claimed gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau were designed for “disinfection with Zyklon B against typhus” rather than mass murder—language long associated with Holocaust deniers. Sponsored While Grok later reversed itself and acknowledged the error, the damage was done. Malaysia and Indonesia became the first countries to block Grok entirely, with Malaysia announcing legal action against X and xAI. X Fires Back In a statement posted on its own platform, X condemned the raid as “an abusive act of law…

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