French police and Europol searched X’s local office, the Paris prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday.
The raid is part of an ongoing investigation that began in 2025 with allegations of “fraudulent data extraction” of an automated data processing system “by an organized group”.
France’s cybercrime prosecution unit said the investigation has now expanded to cover other alleged crimes, including complicity in the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material, privacy violations and Holocaust denial.
The expansion of the investigation comes as X and its owner Elon Musk face widespread criticism for allowing Grok AI to be used to create non-consensual images, including images of child abuse, of other people on its platform.
Musk, who bought X (formerly Twitter) in 2022, and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino were called in for questioning on April 20. Unidentified employees of X were also subpoenaed for the same week, according to a statement from the prosecutor.
When reached for comment, X spokeswoman Rosemarie Esposito was quoted a statement was posted on X’s Global Government Affairs account, in which the company said “the allegations underlying today’s raid are unfounded and X categorically denies any wrongdoing.”
A representative for eMed, where Yaccarino is now CEO, did not respond to TechCrunch’s request for comment.
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When reached for comment, Maylis De Roeck, spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor’s office, confirmed the raid in a statement: “The goal of the Prosecutor’s Office is ultimately to ensure the compliance of the X platform with French law, given that it operates within national territory.”
This story has been updated to include X’s statement.
