French prosecutors have raided the offices of social media platform X as part of a preliminary investigation into allegations that include spreading child sexual abuse images and deepfakes.

The move followed a yearlong investigation into X and escalated a wider standoff between European officials and American tech companies over the regulation of social media.

French officials search X's office in Paris and ask Elon Musk to answer questions about the platform amid a probe into its algorithms and AI functions.

Elon Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino face mounting legal scrutiny in France as authorities reportedly escalate a high-profile cybercrime investigation into the platform. Prosecutors summoned the tech executives following a raid on X’s Paris offices earlier this week,

Paris prosecutors have raided Elon Musk's X offices in France as part of an investigation into child abuse images and deepfakes. The inquiry began in January 2022, focusing on alleged crimes such as the distribution of child pornography and Holocaust denial.

The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

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