- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- news@lemmy.world
Elon Musk’s X offices in Paris have been raided by French authorities who have now summoned him to appear for questioning amid a probe into his social media platform.
Cybercrime officers carried out Tuesday’s raid with assistance from Europol, ratcheting up a year-long investigation into the platform’s algorithm and the content being recommended to users.
The social media platform has been under investigation since January 2025, though it has expanded since then following allegations of Holocaust denial and sexually explicit deepfakes linked to Grok, X’s AI chatbot. The Paris prosecutor’s office has now asked Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino to appear at a hearing in April.
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odds on muski just refusing, and zero consequences come from this.
alternatively, a paltry slap on the wrist
Don’t confuse US consequences for EU consequences. It’s pretty well accepted that Americans receive more protections from companies as a result of EU legal cases than our own FTC and FCC.
I never believe these kinds of people suffer actual consequences until it’s actually happened and they run out of appeals. Or lifespan.
If he doesn’t deal with this, Twitter will end up getting banned in France.
Fuck. Yeah.
Don’t threaten me with a good time!
Sure. Id love to see it
Let me dream of guillotines just once
Luigi intensifies
Given the EU is pulling as much of their digital assets off of US severs, they may not take too kindly to Twitter this time around. Especially since Elon was found in the Epstein files and is budds with Trump.