The French justice system raided the headquarters of platform summoned its owner, Elon Musk, to testify in April. This is within the framework of an investigation into alleged irregularities in this social network.
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X is the subject of a judicial investigation from the beginning of 2025 following complaints from deputies about bias in their algorithms.
The investigations were expanded to other crimes such as complicity in the dissemination of child pornography, and to the role of Grokyour AI assistant, in the dissemination of denialist content and false images of a sexual nature.
“Subpoenas have been sent for voluntary auditions on April 20, 2026in Paris, to Mr. Elon Musk and Mrs. Linda Yaccarino,” the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement.
This citation must “allow them to present their position on the facts and, where appropriate, the measures to comply with the planned legislation,” said the prosecutor, Laure Beccuau.
Details of the investigation against Musk
The prosecution also announced the raid this Tuesday of the premises in France of platform between April 20 and 24, 2026.
Unlike the investigation into the Australian platform Kick, justice chose to call for testimony voluntarily to Musk and Yaccarino with a “constructive approach,” according to the statement.
At the end of January, he issued arrest warrants against three Kick managers as part of the investigation. for the live death of the streamer Jean Pormanove.
The investigation into X began with the complaints of the official deputy Éric Bothorel and the socialist Arthur Delaportewhich alerted the prosecutor’s office about the changes in its algorithm and the risks to “democracy.”
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In this sense, they highlighted the “lack of clarity” about these changes and about the “moderation decisions”, as well as “Elon Musk’s personal interventions in the management of the platform.”
(With information from AFP)
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