French police entered the offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, today as part of a major investigation that began in early 2025. National cybercrime units and Paris investigators led the raid with help from Interpol. While the authorities shared news of the search on X itself, the company’s leadership has not yet released a statement about the morning’s events.
The legal pressure on the company is ramping up quickly. Paris prosecutors have now summoned Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino to appear in person for “voluntary interviews” on April 20, 2026. In a symbolic move that signals a total breakdown in trust, the prosecutor’s office also announced it is quitting the platform. They stated they will no longer post updates on X and will move all their official communications to LinkedIn and Instagram.
This investigation has been building for nearly a year. It focuses on how X’s secret algorithms actually work. Investigators believe the platform’s code might be “distorting” how data is processed, which is a crime under French law. Specifically, they are looking into reports that X tweaked its systems to give more visibility to certain political views—and to Musk’s own posts—without telling users.
The case has grown much heavier since it started. In July, prosecutors added a charge involving the “fraudulent extraction of data” by an organized group. More recently, the probe took a darker turn. Investigators are now looking into “complicity in the possession of pedo-pornographic images.” This charge stems from illegal content that X’s AI tool, Grok, reportedly created during the week between Christmas 2024 and New Year’s Day 2025.
X has fought back against these claims in the past. Last summer, the company released a statement calling the probe an attack on free speech and privacy. They argued that French officials are ignoring due process and denied any allegations of “foreign interference” or algorithm manipulation. For now, the site remains online, but the looming court dates in Paris suggest a massive legal showdown is coming.
