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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jon Henley and Sam Jones

French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit

A person holding a mobile phone displaying the 'X' logo in front of Elon Musk's page on X
The French investigation into alleged algorithm manipulation by X has expanded to examine the spread of sexually explicit deepfakes. Photograph: Étienne Laurent/EPA

Prosecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company’s former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime.

“A search is under way by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office, the national police cyber unit and Europol,” the Paris prosecutors’ office said in a post on X on Tuesday, adding that it would no longer be publishing on the network.

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