Tuesday 03 February 2026 13:47 GMT Bookmark Paris prosecutors have raided the offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as part of a cyber crime investigation, it said on Tuesday. The tech billionaire has also been summoned to a “voluntary” hearing in April, following a year-long investigation into suspected abuse of algorithms by X and its executives. Investigators later widened the probe to include complaints over the site’s AI chatbot, Grok. They will look into the creation of child abuse images and sexually explicit deepfakes without people’s consent. The investigation, which an EU commission spokesperson said is being discussed between Brussels and Paris, will see tensions rise between Europe and the US over Big Tech and free speech. open image in gallery Musk has been summoned to a French court for a ‘voluntary interview’ as part of an investigation into X (AFP via Getty) “At this stage, the conduct of this investigation is part of a constructive approach, with the aim of ultimately ensuring that the X platform complies with French laws, insofar as it operates on national territory,” the prosecutor’s office said. It added that the police’s National Cyber Unit along with Europol were involved in the investigation. Mr Musk has been called to voluntarily speak at a hearing on 20 April along with the former CEO of X Corp, Linda Yaccarino. While several investigations have been opened into Grok’s parent company xAI, it marks the first time the 54-year-old has been summoned by prosecutors in relation to the scandal. The prosecutors office said it will now be leaving Mr Musk’s social media platform, and that it would only be communicating on LinkedIn and Instagram from now on. open image in gallery