Elon Musk's X offices in Paris raided by French police amid investigation into social media platform

Both Mr Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino, who resigned in July last year after two years in the role, have been summoned to appear to voluntary interviews in April, the prosecutor's office added.

Employees have also summoned during to be heard as witnesses, according to local media, allowing management to present their version of events.

The prosecutor's office confirmed they were leaving the social media platform X, the platform in which they confirmed the raid, instead moving to LinkedIn (owned by Microsoft) and Instagram (Meta).

The prosecutor's cybercrime unit is conducting the investigation together with the French police's own cybercrime unit and Europol.

X has been under investigation since January 12, 2025, local media reports.

The prosecutors office said the operation was part of efforts to ensure X was complying with French laws.

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This was opened after the prosecutor's office was contacted by a lawmaker alleging that biased algorithms in X were likely to have distorted the operation of an automated data processing system.

The investigation was then expanded on July 9, 2025, after reports of sexually explicit deepfakes and holocaust denial content circulating on the platform.

The social media platform has previously faced backlash in the UK for its artificial intelligence tool Grok, and the creation of sexually explicit photos.

Media regulator Ofcom launched a probe into X for the images, while Sir Keir Starmer branded the AI chatbot "unlawful".

Mr Musk then restricted Grok's image editing feature exclusively to paying subscribers, after threats it could be banned in the UK.

The prosecutor's office statement read: "The conduct of this investigation is at this stage part of a constructive approach, with the objective of ultimately ensuring the compliance of platform X with French laws, insofar as it operates on the national territory."

While X is yet to comment on Tuesday's raid, it has previously described the investigation as an attack on free speech.

The legally responsible entity for X is based in Ireland; X France manages only communications and public affairs.

Brussels has already been investigating possible violations of the Digital Services Act regarding disinformation since December 2023. Conclusions are expected in the coming weeks.