{"id":15005,"date":"2026-02-03T11:58:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/xs-paris-hq-raided-by-french-prosecutors\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T11:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T11:58:05","slug":"xs-paris-hq-raided-by-french-prosecutors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/xs-paris-hq-raided-by-french-prosecutors\/","title":{"rendered":"X&#8217;s Paris HQ raided by French prosecutors"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Paris prosecutors announced that a search was underway at offices belong to Elon Musk&rsquo;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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">At the same time, Paris prosecutors issued summonses to Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino for &ldquo;voluntary interviews&rdquo; on April 20, 2026 in Paris. The prosecutors also announced they would no longer use X and would only communicate on LinkedIn and Instagram going forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The searches are part of an investigation that has been ongoing for nearly a year over the functioning of X&rsquo;s algorithms that are &ldquo;likely to have distorted the operation of an automated data processing system,&rdquo; investigators said at the time. Those changes reportedly gave greater prominence to certain political content (especially from Musk) without user knowledge &mdash; something that could be a crime under French laws.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-fullbleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_1i1ctccilfaiv5tilbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-body mb-4 hidden pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:block\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex\" id=\"_R_2i1ctccilfaiv5tilbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/12-weeks-jail-for-school-it-support-technician-who-took-upskirt-videos-of-teachers\/\" class=\"template-1\"><span class=\"cta\">News :<\/span><span class=\"postTitle\">&lt;div&gt;12 weeks' jail for school IT support technician who took upskirt videos of teachers&lt;\/div&gt;<\/span><\/a><\/div><p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">An investigation was officially launched in July, with Paris prosecutors adding an additional charge: &ldquo;Fraudulent extraction of data from an automated data processing system by an organized group.&rdquo; More recently, it also includes &ldquo;complicity in the possession of images of minors representing a pedo-pornographic character,&rdquo; due to images created by Grok between December 25, 2025 and January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">In July, X said in a statement that the probe &ldquo;egregiously undermines X&rsquo;s fundamental right to due process and threatens our users&rsquo; rights to privacy and free speech. [French officials have] accused X of manipulating its algorithm for &lsquo;foreign interference&rsquo; purposes, an allegation which is completely false.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><sub><\/sub><\/p>\n<div>X&rsquo;s Paris HQ raided by French prosecutors<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris prosecutors announced that a search was underway at offices belong to Elon Musk&rsquo;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&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/xs-paris-hq-raided-by-french-prosecutors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;X&#8217;s Paris HQ raided by French prosecutors&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}