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French Police Raid Elon Musk "X" HQ [View all]

Tue 3 Feb 2026 06.42 EST

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.

It added in a statement that Musk and Linda Yaccarino had been summoned for voluntary questioning “in their capacity as de facto and de jure managers of the X platform at the time of the events”. Yaccarino resigned as CEO of X in July last year.

The prosecutor’s office said it was examining “alleged complicity” in offences related to the platform, including the spreading of child abuse images and sexually explicit deepfakes, the denial of crimes against humanity and manipulation

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/03/french-headquarters-elon-musk-x-raided-paris-cybercrime-unit

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French Police Raid Elon Musk "X" HQ [View all] Pototan 23 hrs ago OP

Fuck Musk Pototan 23 hrs ago #1

I hope they help bring down this evil batman villian. Chasstev365 22 hrs ago #2

People forget that X-crement is subject to foreign laws, too. GoCubsGo 22 hrs ago #3

THIS malaise 22 hrs ago #5

X-crement. Good one. Dr. T 21 hrs ago #14

Europe has long since decided not to put up with his shit. They don't Marie Marie 13 hrs ago #37

awesome! LymphocyteLover 22 hrs ago #4

Every country should be doing this. Which makes me sad for my country because I know there's no way we will. Scrivener7 22 hrs ago #6

+1 area51 22 hrs ago #7

The US lacks consequence for the rich stollen 22 hrs ago #10

and that my friends is what a democracy looks like. Javaman 22 hrs ago #8

Got that right orangecrush 21 hrs ago #18

You sure got that right. ms liberty 20 hrs ago #20

... orangecrush 20 hrs ago #21

"Don't worry about me Gettys, I'm Charles Foster oasis 22 hrs ago #9

Don't worry about me... littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago #24

K & R Consequences! FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #11

You just know he was probably storing that generated CSAM durablend 21 hrs ago #12

Vive La France !! alittlelark 21 hrs ago #13

Hear! Hear! littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago #25

This news has made my day! nt Ilsa 21 hrs ago #15

YES orangecrush 21 hrs ago #16

Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever 21 hrs ago #17

"Cybercrime" as in ELECTION TAMPERING???? orangecrush 21 hrs ago #19

A story to pay attention to, indeed. yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #27

How a real government operates NJCher 20 hrs ago #22

If only enough Americans cared enough about prosecuting child porn and trafficking dlk 20 hrs ago #23

Thanks Acosta. What happened to that original indictment and NY Grand Jury materials? Evolve Dammit 15 hrs ago #33

No doubt they were "lost" dlk 15 hrs ago #34

No doubt they were "lost" dlk 14 hrs ago #36

The French don't screw around. CanonRay 20 hrs ago #26

Musk - Tu te merde! yellow dahlia 18 hrs ago #28

I just may have french toast for lunch, or maybe french fries, with ketchup on the wall. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #29

Guessing the " J'adore ma Tesla" t-shirts will be on the discount rack soon Torchlight 18 hrs ago #30

k/r progressoid 16 hrs ago #31

If we all stopped using Twitter, there would be an incremental improvement in the world quakerboy 15 hrs ago #32

Did they find our Social Security info in the raid? BaronChocula 15 hrs ago #35

LOCK THAT FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT UP Blue Owl 12 hrs ago #38

Excellent. Musk is protected in the US, but not in France. Martin68 7 hrs ago #39

Hey Elon, fuck you! Initech 7 hrs ago #40

That bastard is going to regret the day he ever stood shoulder to shoulder with trump, C Moon 4 hrs ago #41