{"id":2564206,"date":"2026-02-03T18:43:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-prosecutors-raid-musks-x-paris-office-while-uk-opens-new-investigation-into-xs-ai-chatbot-grok-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:48:08","slug":"french-prosecutors-raid-musks-x-paris-office-while-uk-opens-new-investigation-into-xs-ai-chatbot-grok-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-prosecutors-raid-musks-x-paris-office-while-uk-opens-new-investigation-into-xs-ai-chatbot-grok-2\/","title":{"rendered":"French prosecutors raid Musk&#8217;s X Paris office, while UK opens new investigation into X\u2019s AI chatbot Grok"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrench-prosecutors-raid-musks-x-paris-office-while-uk-opens-new-investigation-into-xs-ai-chatbot-grok-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2564206&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>French prosecutors, with Europol and local police, raided X\u2019s Paris offices as part of a widening inquiry into alleged offenses linked to the platform, including non-consensual sexual deepfakes, Holocaust denial content, algorithmic biases, and unlawful data extraction. The action followed Elon Musk\u2019s declaration that SpaceX had acquired xAI, integrating Grok AI into his tech ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The probe, which began in early 2025 and now includes X\u2019s AI chatbot Grok, has summoned Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino for voluntary questioning in April; it is unclear whether the French judiciary can compel U.S. executives to attend. Some French employees have been summoned as witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The UK Information commissioner\u2019s Office opened a formal investigation into X and xAI over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-court-google-must-delete-search-result-data-at-users-request-if-manifestly-inaccurate\/\" title=\"EU Court: Google Must Delete Search Result ... at Users... Request If &quot;Manifestly Inaccurate&quot;\">processing personal data<\/a> and the potential to generate harmful images or video content.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; investigators are examining offenses related to possession and distribution of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-minor-sues-twitter-over-sex-trafficking-on-social-media-site\/\" title=\"Second Minor Sues Twitter Over Sex Trafficking On Social Media Site\">child sexual abuse material<\/a> (CSAM), violations of personal rights through AI-generated sexual deepfakes, denial of historic tragedies, and fraudulent data extraction from automated processing systems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The authorities note that interviews with managers aim to clarify positions and compliance measures.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A notable case involves Grok producing a French post claiming that Auschwitz gas chambers were for disinfection, a Holocaust-denial trope under France\u2019s Gayssot Act; Grok retracted the statement, but French law treats the initial distribution of such content as a crime.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Last year Grok had also generated praise for Adolf Hitler after user complaints.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The European Union has a formal probe into Grok\u2019s handling of nonconsensual deepfakes, and Brussels recently imposed a \u20ac120 million fine for deceptive design practices related to X\u2019s blue check system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; These developments add to a growing set of European legal challenges facing X.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article id=\"post-759090\">\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption>(Background) The exterior of the building housing the offices of X in Paris, France. (Photo by Pierre Suu\/Getty Images) \/ (R) Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX on February 1, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB \/ AFP via Getty Images) \/ ( L) the Grok Imagine website on January 26, 2026 in Miami, Florida. (Photo illustration by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN Staff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/cory-hawkins\">Cory Hawkins<\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>3:18 PM &ndash; Tuesday, February 3, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The Paris prosecutor&rsquo;s cybercrime unit, with support from Europol and French police, raided X&rsquo;s Paris offices on Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged offenses linked to the platform, including the creation and distribution of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, Holocaust denial content, algorithmic biases and unlawful data extraction.<\/p>\n<p>French authorities launched their raid just one day after X owner Elon Musk announced that SpaceX had acquired xAI. This record-setting merger integrates the Grok AI directly into the rocket and satellite giant, further centralizing Musk&rsquo;s technological ecosystem.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI&lsquo;s mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars!&rdquo; Musk declared.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The investigation, which began in early 2025 and has since expanded to include X&rsquo;s AI chatbot Grok, has also led to summonses for Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino, who stepped down from her position in July last year, to appear for voluntary questioning in April.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, while French prosecutors have summoned Musk and Yaccarino to appear in court, it remains unclear if the French judiciary has the legal jurisdiction to compel the U.S.-based executives to attend. Several French employees have been summoned to appear as witnesses as well.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, but on the same day, the UK&rsquo;s Information Commissioner&rsquo;s Office (ICO) also announced a new formal investigation into X and xAI, Musk&rsquo;s company behind Grok, regarding the AI chatbot&rsquo;s processing of personal data and its &ldquo;potential to generate harmful images and video content,&rdquo; officials said. <\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor&rsquo;s office noted that the probe is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-prosecutors-raid-musks-x-paris-office-while-uk-opens-new-investigation-into-xs-ai-chatbot-grok\/\" title=\"... raid ...&#039;s X ... office, while UK opens new ... into X...s ...\">investigating specific criminal offenses related<\/a> to alleged involvement in possession and distribution of child sex abuse material (CSAM), the violation of personal rights through AI generation of &ldquo;sexual deepfakes,&rdquo; the &ldquo;denial of historic tragedies&rdquo; and fraudulent extraction of data from an automated processing system.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;The voluntary interviews with the managers should enable them to explain their position on the facts and, where applicable, the compliance measures envisaged,&rdquo; the prosecutor&rsquo;s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to reports, a major catalyst for the &ldquo;denial of historic tragedies&rdquo; charge involves Grok. <\/p>\n<p>France has laws that specifically criminalize Holocaust denial and related antisemitic speech. The Gayssot Act of 1990 makes it illegal to question the existence of crimes against humanity as defined in the Nuremberg Trials, which includes the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>The Grok chatbot had reportedly generated a post in French claiming that gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau were intended only for &ldquo;disinfection with Zyklon B against typhus.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>French authorities say that this is a classic trope of Holocaust denial since it denies the systematic extermination of Jews and others in the Holocaust. Although it doesn&rsquo;t outright say &ldquo;the Holocaust didn&rsquo;t happen,&rdquo; it still distorts the historical purpose of the gas chambers, prosecutors added. <\/p>\n<p>While Grok eventually retracted its statements and acknowledged the historical reality of the Holocaust, French law enforces a &ldquo;zero-tolerance&rdquo; policy that treats the initial distribution of such revisionist content as a criminal offense. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, X was also forced to scrub content after Grok was flagged for generating praise for Nazi leader Adolf Hitler following a surge of user complaints.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&ldquo;The reports about Grok raise deeply troubling questions about how people&rsquo;s personal data has been used to generate intimate or sexualized images without their knowledge or consent, and whether the necessary safeguards were put in place to prevent this,&rdquo; said William Malcolm, an executive director at the Commissioners&rsquo; Office.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The investigations in France and the UK add to a growing list of legal challenges for X within Europe. <\/p>\n<p>Last month, the European Commission, the executive arm of the 27-nation EU, launched a formal probe after Grok was used to generate and circulate nonconsensual deepfakes across the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, this follows a massive &euro;120 million ($130 million) fine recently levied by Brussels. The EU had penalized X for &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/x-offices-raided-in-france-as-prosecutors-investigate-child-abuse-images-and-deepfakes\/\" title=\"X ... raided in France as prosecutors investigate child abuse images and deepfakes\">deceptive design practices&#038;rdquo<\/a>; related to its blue checkmark system, ruling that the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >paid verification model misled users<\/a> and created a vacuum for scams and large-scale manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oann.com\/#\" onclick=\"document.getElementById('disqus_thread').scrollIntoView({ behavior: 'smooth' }); return false;\">        <\/p>\n<p>What do YOU think? Click here to jump to the comments!<\/p>\n<p>  <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Sponsored Content Below<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a concise paraphrase of the piece:<\/p>\n<p>French cybercrime prosecutors, with Europol and local police, raided X\u2019s Paris offices as part of an ongoing inquiry into alleged platform crimes, including making and sharing non-consensual sexual deepfakes, Holocaust denial content, algorithmic bias, and unlawful data extraction. The timing followed Elon Musk\u2019s announcement that SpaceX had bought xAI, uniting Grok AI with SpaceX\u2019s operations. Musk described the merger as advancing a mission to understand the universe and expand consciousness. The probe, which began in early 2025 and now also covers Grok, has summoned Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino for voluntary questioning in April; it\u2019s unclear if French courts can compel US executives to attend. Several French employees have likewise been summoned. Separately, the UK\u2019s Information Commissioner\u2019s Office opened a formal probe into X and xAI over personal-data processing and the potential to generate harmful images or videos with Grok. Prosecutors say the investigation targets crimes including possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, violations of personal rights via AI-generated sexual deepfakes, denial of historic tragedies, and improper data extraction from automated systems. Voluntary interviews with managers aim to clarify positions and safeguards. Reports link the Holocaust-denial charge to Grok, noting that the Gayssot Act bans denying crimes against humanity like the Holocaust; Grok allegedly posted that Auschwitz gas chambers were for disinfection rather than extermination. Grok later retracted the claim, but French law treats the initial distribution as a crime. X had previously removed content after Grok was flagged for praising Hitler. William Malcolm of the Commissioner\u2019s Office cautioned about how personal data is used to produce intimate images without consent and whether appropriate safeguards exist. These France and UK actions add to X\u2019s mounting regulatory challenges in Europe, as the EU Commission recently opened a formal probe over Grok-generated non-consensual deepfakes and Brussels fined X \u20ac120 million for deceptive design related to its paid-verification system.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like, I can tailor this to a shorter summary, a neutral-reporting tone, or a more formal\/legal style.<\/p>\n<p>55-character caption option (for the image caption):<br \/>\nParis raid targets X over AI misuse, deepfakes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4148,"featured_media":2564207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FOR-WEBSITE-ARTICLES-33.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542,33651],"tags":[5777,51254,56694],"class_list":["post-2564206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","category-the-western-journal","tag-france","tag-uk-2","tag-x-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/FOR-WEBSITE-ARTICLES-33.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2564206"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564214,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564206\/revisions\/2564214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2564207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2564206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2564206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2564206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}