French police have searched the Paris offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of a cybercrime investigation, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office said. Musk has been summoned in connection with the case, which includes allegations linked to “sexual deepfakes” generated by the AI chatbot Grok on the platform.
The search is being conducted by a specialist cybercrime unit under an investigation launched in January 2025. Prosecutors said they are examining several potential criminal offenses, including facilitating the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, hosting sexually explicit deepfake content, and denial of crimes against humanity.
Authorities said the scope of the probe was expanded after further reports that Grok had produced sexually explicit deepfakes and content denying crimes against humanity. Musk, former X CEO Linda Yaccarino, and other company employees have been summoned for hearings in April.
The operation is being supported by Europol and the French Gendarmerie. xAI, which acquired X in March 2025 and was later folded into SpaceX, did not respond to a request for comment.
The raid adds to mounting regulatory pressure on X in Europe. Both the EU and the UK have opened investigations into illegal AI-generated content on the platform, and the EU fined X $140 million last year over its verification system. The Paris Prosecutor’s Office also said it will no longer use X and will instead communicate via LinkedIn and Instagram.