US EditionFrench prosecutors summon Elon Musk over allegations of child abuse images and deepfakes on X
Investigators are examining allegations that Grok generated sexualized deepfakes and Holocaust denial posts, and prosecutors say 3 million images were produced in 11 days.
- On Saturday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States Justice Department declined to assist French prosecutors investigating Elon Musk's platform X, citing a Friday letter from the DOJ's Office of International Affairs.
- French authorities launched an investigation in July, accusing the platform of manipulating algorithms and "fraudulent data extraction," then raided Paris offices and issued summonses for Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino to appear for interviews on April 20.
- The DOJ letter argued the probe seeks to regulate a "public square" contrary to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, describing France's requests as an "effort to entangle the United States in a politically charged criminal proceeding."
- An xAI official expressed gratitude that the Justice Department rejected the effort to compel interviews, stating there was "no wrongdoing" and urging prosecutors to "terminate their baseless investigation."
- Beyond the algorithmic probe, French officials are also investigating the platform for disseminating CSAM and Holocaust denial, reflecting broader global regulatory pressure X faces regarding content moderation and compliance with local laws.
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The owner of X was asked, together with the former CEO, to come to Paris for the criminal investigation.
Deepfake, Negationism: 3 Minutes to Understand Why Elon Musk Did Not Appear Before the French Courts
The owner of the X platform (ex-Twitter) and its former executive director did not appear before the French court on 20 April. Suspected of complicity in the dissemination of pedocriminal, anti-Semitic and negationist content, Elon Musk, on the other hand, received the support of the American justice system.
No Word On Whether Elon Musk Will Attend X Cybercrime Hearing In Paris
Elon Musk was summoned for a hearing in Paris on Monday as part of a probe into X and alleged irregularities around its algorithms as well as its AI tool Grok’s role in the dissemination of Holocaust denial content and sexually explicit deepfakes. There was no word on whether the tech tycoon would attend or […]
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