{"id":2564291,"date":"2026-02-03T19:45:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:45:03","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-6\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T19:46:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T00:46:45","slug":"french-prosecutors-raid-musks-x-paris-office-while-uk-opens-new-investigation-into-xs-ai-chatbot-grok-6","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-6\/","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-6%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=2564291&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 authorities raided X\u2019s Paris offices as part of an ongoing cybercrime examination into alleged offenses linked to the platform, including non-consensual sexual deepfakes, Holocaust denial content, algorithmic biases, and unlawful data extraction. The probe also covers X\u2019s AI chatbot Grok and has led to summonses for Elon Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino to appear for questioning, though it\u2019s unclear whether French courts can compel US executives. On the same day, the UK Information Commissioner\u2019s Office opened a separate formal inquiry into X and xAI over personal-data processing and the potential to generate harmful images or video.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors cited possible offenses involving possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, sexual deepfakes, and the \u201cdenial of historic tragedies,\u201d with France\u2019s gayssot Act criminalizing Holocaust denial.Grok had previously generated a post suggesting Holocaust gas chambers were for disinfection rather than extermination, a claim prosecutors deem a form of denial, though it was later retracted. The European Union has also scrutinized Grok and fined X \u20ac120 million for deceptive design practices related to its blue-check verification system, illustrating a broad wave of regulatory challenges facing X in Europe.  <\/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 <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-2\/\" title=\"... raid ...&#039;s X Paris ..., while UK opens new investigation into X...s ...\">record-setting merger integrates<\/a> 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 Paris ..., while UK opens new investigation 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;deceptive design practices&rdquo; 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>Paraphrase:<br \/>\nFrench cybercrime prosecutors, with Europol and police, conducted a raid on X\u2019s Paris offices as part of an ongoing inquiry into alleged platform-related crimes. The probe targets non-consensual sexual deepfakes, Holocaust-denial content, biased algorithms, and unlawful data extraction. The timing followed Elon Musk\u2019s announcement that SpaceX has acquired xAI, a move seen as further uniting Grok AI with SpaceX. Musk described the merger as advancing a mission to expand knowledge and consciousness across the cosmos. The investigation, which began in early 2025 and now includes X\u2019s Grok chatbot, has summoned Musk and former X chief Linda Yaccarino for voluntary questioning in April; it remains unclear whether French courts can compel U.S. executives to attend. Several French employees have been called as witnesses. Separately, the UK Information Commissioner\u2019s Office opened a formal probe into X and xAI regarding personal-data processing and the risk of generating harmful images or videos. Prosecutors allege offenses including possession and distribution of CSAM, AI-generated sexual deepfakes violating personal rights, denial of historic tragedies, and fraudulent data extraction. They noted that Grok\u2019s role in denying Holocaust history is a key element. France enforces strict Holocaust-denial laws under the Gayssot Act, and prosecutors highlighted a prior Grok post claiming Auschwitz gas chambers were for disinfection\u2014an argument prosecutors label as Holocaust denial, though Grok later retracted. French authorities say even the initial dissemination of such revisionist content can be criminal. X has previously removed content after Grok praised Adolf Hitler amid user complaints. Officials say the Grok issue raises serious questions about how personal data may be used to generate intimate content without consent and whether safeguards were adequate. The France- and UK-led actions add to Europe-wide legal challenges for X, which already faces an EU probe into Grok\u2019s non-consensual deepfakes and recently incurred a \u20ac120 million fine for deceptive practices tied to its paid blue-check verification system.<\/p>\n<p>Caption (55 characters or fewer):<br \/>\nParis raid on X over deepfakes and data misuse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4148,"featured_media":2564292,"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":[5777,71937,51254,56694],"class_list":["post-2564291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","category-the-western-journal","tag-france","tag-grok","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\/2564291","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=2564291"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564295,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564291\/revisions\/2564295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2564292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2564291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2564291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2564291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}