"Paris prosecutors announced that a search was underway at offices belong to Elon Musk's X platform as part of an ongoing investigation first launched in January 2025. The raid is being conducted by Paris and national cybercrime units, with support from Interpol, according to post from Paris prosecutors on X. Officials from X have yet to comment on the matter."
"The searches are part of an investigation that has been ongoing for nearly a year over the functioning of X's algorithms that are "likely to have distorted the operation of an automated data processing system," investigators said at the time. Those changes reportedly gave greater prominence to certain political content (especially from Musk) without user knowledge - something that could be a crime under French laws."
Paris prosecutors conducted searches at offices belonging to Elon Musk's X platform as part of an investigation launched in January 2025, with Paris and national cybercrime units and Interpol. Prosecutors summoned Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino for voluntary interviews in Paris on April 20, 2026 and said they will stop using X and communicate only on LinkedIn and Instagram. Investigators are probing X's algorithms for changes that likely distorted automated data processing and elevated certain political content, especially from Musk, without user knowledge. The inquiry added charges including fraudulent data extraction by an organized group and alleged complicity over AI-generated images of minors. X denied manipulating its algorithm and said the probe threatened due process, privacy, and free speech.
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