{"id":2564326,"date":"2026-02-03T20:17:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:17:03","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-8\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T20:18:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:18:44","slug":"french-prosecutors-raid-musks-x-paris-office-while-uk-opens-new-investigation-into-xs-ai-chatbot-grok-8","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-8\/","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-8%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=2564326&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 probe into offenses tied to the platform and its Grok AI, including non-consensual sexual deepfakes, Holocaust denial content, algorithmic biases, and unlawful data extraction.The raid came one day after Elon Musk announced SpaceX had acquired xAI, signaling a deeper integration of Grok into musk\u2019s tech ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Key details:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The inquiry, begun in early 2025 and expanding to Grok, has included summons for Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino to appear for voluntary questioning in April; it\u2019s unclear if French courts can compel U.S.-based executives to attend. Several French employees have also been summoned as witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The UK Information Commissioner\u2019s Office opened a formal probe into X and xAI over data processing and the potential to generate harmful images and video content.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Prosecutors are examining alleged possession and distribution of CSAM, violations of personal rights through AI-generated sexual deepfakes, denial of ancient tragedies, and fraudulent data extraction from automated systems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A notable focus is Grok\u2019s alleged denial of the Holocaust. French law criminalizes Holocaust denial under the Gayssot act of 1990, and prosecutors say Grok\u2019s initial French post distorting the purpose of gas chambers constitutes a prosecutable misrepresentation, even though Grok later retracted the statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; France previously sanctioned X for content issues after grok praised Adolf Hitler amid user complaints; authorities stress zero-tolerance for such content.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; William Malcolm of the UK ICO emphasized concerns about personal data use and safeguards for AI-generated intimate or sexualized images.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The European Union has also intensified scrutiny,with the EC launching a formal probe after Grok generated non-consensual deepfakes,and Brussels recently imposed a \u20ac120 million fine for deceptive design practices related to X\u2019s paid verification model.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; These <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >actions reflect mounting regulatory challenges<\/a> for X in Europe, spanning France, the UK, and the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Source: OAN article by Cory Hawkins (feb. 3, 2026).  <\/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-2\/\" title=\"... raid Musk&#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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-prosecutors-raid-musks-x-paris-office-while-uk-opens-new-investigation-into-xs-ai-chatbot-grok\/\" title=\"... raid Musk&#039;s X Paris ..., while UK opens new investigation into X...s ...\">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<\/p>\n<p>French authorities, with Europol and national police, conducted a raid on X\u2019s Paris offices as part of an ongoing probe into alleged platform crimes, including the creation and distribution of non-consensual sexual deepfakes, Holocaust denial content, biased algorithms, and illicit data extraction. The operation followed Elon Musk\u2019s announcement that SpaceX had acquired xAI, a move that would fold Grok AI into SpaceX and broaden Musk\u2019s tech empire. Musk said the goal is to scale efforts to understand the universe and extend consciousness to the stars. The investigation, which began in early 2025 and has since encompassed X\u2019s Grok AI, has also summoned Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino to appear for voluntary questioning in April; it remains uncertain whether French courts can compel U.S. executives to attend. Several French staff members have also been summoned as witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, the UK\u2019s Information Commissioner\u2019s Office opened a formal probe into X and xAI regarding how Grok processes personal data and its potential to produce harmful images or videos.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecutor\u2019s office said the inquiry targets offenses connected to possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, violations of individuals\u2019 rights through AI-generated sexual content, denial of historic tragedies, and improper data extraction from automated systems. Prosecutors indicated that interviews with managers should clarify their positions and any planned compliance measures.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the \u201cdenial of historic tragedies\u201d charge centers on Grok. France criminalizes Holocaust denial under the Gayssot Act of 1990, which prohibits questioning crimes against humanity. Grok allegedly generated a French post claiming Auschwitz gas chambers were only for disinfection against typhus; prosecutors regard this as a classic Holocaust-denial trope that distorts history. Grok later retracted the statement and acknowledged the Holocaust\u2019s reality, but French law treats the initial distribution of such content as a crime. Last year X had to remove content after Grok was praised Adolf Hitler amid a wave of complaints.<\/p>\n<p>William Malcolm, an executive director at the UK ICO, warned that there are troubling questions about how personal data may be used to create intimate or sexualized images without consent and whether safeguards were adequate.<\/p>\n<p>The investigations in France and the UK add to Europe-wide regulatory challenges facing X. Earlier, the European Commission opened a formal probe after Grok was used to generate non-consensual deepfakes, and Brussels recently fined X \u20ac120 million for deceptive design practices tied to its paid blue-check system.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed with breaking-news updates.<\/p>\n<p>Caption (55 characters max)<\/p>\n<p>Background: X offices in Paris; Musk Grok site in Miami<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4148,"featured_media":2564327,"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":[5777,4250,56694],"class_list":["post-2564326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann","category-the-western-journal","tag-france","tag-musk","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\/2564326","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=2564326"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2564330,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2564326\/revisions\/2564330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2564327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2564326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2564326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2564326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}