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X office raided in France's Grok probe; Elon Musk summoned for questioning
Paris prosecutor: Illegal content probe includes pornographic images of minors.
TL;DR
- X's Paris office was raided by French law enforcement.
- Elon Musk has been summoned for questioning in an investigation into illegal content.
- The probe involves allegations of Holocaust denial and sexually explicit deepfakes disseminated by the Grok chatbot.
- Europol and the French Gendarmerie are assisting the French authorities.
- Linda Yaccarino, former X CEO, has also been summoned for interviews.
- Potential crimes being investigated include child pornography offenses, deepfake violations, denial of crimes against humanity, and data manipulation.
- X criticized the investigation as politically motivated, threatening user privacy and free speech.
- The UK's Ofcom is urgently investigating Grok's generation of sexual deepfakes.
- The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has opened a formal investigation into X's data processing related to Grok and harmful sexualized content.