A police raid on X’s offices was conducted today, Tuesday, in the French offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X, as part of an investigation opened in January 2025 by the cybercrime section of the Paris prosecutor’s office. The investigations are being carried out in the presence of Europol.
At the same time, summons for “voluntary interviews” were sent for April 20, 2026, in Paris to Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino, in their capacity as the de facto and legal managers of platform X at the time of the events.
Prosecutors stated this was a “preliminary investigation” into a range of offenses, including “spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes.” The investigation, which the Paris prosecutors’ office opened last year, was looking into alleged “complicity” in spreading pornographic images of minors, sexually explicit deepfakes, and “manipulation” of an automated processing system as part of an organized group, in addition to other charges.
JUST IN: X's office in France was just raided.
"A search is being carried out today at the French premises of the platform X, as part of the investigation opened in Jan 2025 by the cybercrime unit of the Paris public prosecutor's office."@elonmusk is a target across the EU. pic.twitter.com/NKUCt7lV7A
— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) February 3, 2026X employees are also summoned between April 20 and 24, 2026, to be heard as witnesses. The move comes at a time when Europe is cracking down on free speech, with X being the biggest target of the Brussels establishment.
The EU has already hit X with a €120 million fine for what Brussels says were violations of its sweeping Digital Service Act (DSA), which critics say is designed to cut off free speech and prevent the spread of information that could threaten those holding power in the EU and various member states.
According to the prosecution, this investigation is described as “constructive,” with the aim of ultimately guaranteeing the compliance of platform X with French laws, as long as it operates on the national territory.
European Union police agency Europol spokesperson Jan Op Gen Oorth also said it ’’is supporting the French authorities in this.” However, there were no further details on what this support consists of.
