US Top News and Analysis | French prosecutors await Musk in X probe, unclear if he will comply

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French prosecutors are waiting to see if Elon Musk will obey a summons to appear for questioning in a criminal probe of X and its AI chatbot Grok over alleged fraudulent data extraction, the distribution of child‑pornography, and the creation of sexual deepfakes. The investigation began after a February raid on X’s Paris office and has heightened U.S.–Europe tensions, with the U.S. Justice Department reportedly refusing to cooperate, deeming the probe politically motivated. Although attendance is mandatory, authorities cannot compel Musk, the world’s richest man, to appear, and non‑compliance could lead to police custody; the summons also includes former X CEO Linda Yaccarino and other staff, echoing earlier cybercrime actions such as the 2024 arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov.

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BBC News | Elon Musk summoned by French prosecutors amid ongoing X probe

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Elon Musk has been summoned to a voluntary interview in Paris as French prosecutors continue their investigation into his platform X, which was raided in February over alleged offences such as possession or distribution of child sexual‑abuse material, infringement of image rights through sexual deep‑fake imagery generated by X’s Grok chatbot, and suspected fraudulent data extraction. The probe, first opened in January 2025 and later expanded after concerns that Grok was used to create non‑consensual sexual deepfakes of women and even children, has also led to summons for former X chief Linda Yaccarino. Musk has dismissed the inquiry as a “political attack,” while X maintains the allegations are baseless and vows to defend free speech; the US Justice Department has declined to assist French authorities, and Musk previously missed a US SEC‑ordered court appearance in September 2024.

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Times of India | America tells France that we do not support your probe against Elon Musk's X, says: This investigation seeks to use criminal legal system in France to ...

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The U.S. Department of Justice declined to assist French law‑enforcement in its probe of Elon Musk’s platform X (formerly Twitter), stating that the French investigation seeks to use France’s criminal legal system to regulate a public forum in a way that conflicts with the First Amendment. The DOJ called France’s requests “an effort to entangle the United States in a politically charged criminal proceeding” aimed at improperly regulating X’s business activities. X’s parent company xAI praised the DOJ’s refusal, labeling the French raid on its Paris office as “abusive law‑enforcement theatre” and urging French authorities to drop what it called a baseless investigation. French prosecutors have summoned Musk and other X executives for voluntary interviews as part of a wider inquiry into alleged deep‑fake dissemination, algorithmic bias, and possible illegal content such as child pornography and Holocaust denial, reflecting an ongoing trans‑Atlantic clash over how large tech platforms should police online speech.

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Turns Out That Advertisers Not Wanting To Fund Neo-Nazi-Adjacent Content Isn’t An Antitrust Violation

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Grok CSAM Scandal: Paris Prosecutors Raid X Offices as UK Probes xAI

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Prosecutor's offc also sed both Musk & frmr X chief exec #LindaYaccarino..summond 2 appear @ hearings in Apr

In separate developmnt, #UK's Information Commissioner's Office (#ICO) announcd probe in Musk's #AI tool, #Grok, over its "potential 2 produce harmful sexualisd image & video contnt"»

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo

Paris Prosecutor Summons Elon Musk Following Cybercrime Raid On X’s French Offices
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https://deadline.com/2026/02/paris-prosecutor-summons-elon-musk-raid-x-french-offices-1236707068/