Elon Musk summoned to Paris in X’s AI-generated deepfakes and abuse content

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been summoned by French prosecutors for voluntary interviews in Paris as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations of child abuse material, explicit deepfakes and disinformation on his social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). According to a report by The Independent Elon Musk, along with former X CEO Linda Yaccarino has been invited to appear in Paris in relationship to the case. The summon sent to Musk is followed by February search of X’s French offices, tied to an investigation launched in January 2025 by the Paris prosecutor’s cybercrime unit.The prosecutors mentioned that the interviews are intended to allow Musj and Yaccarino to present their positions and also outline the compliance measures. The other X employees will be heard as witnesses throughout the week.

Allegations against Elon Musk’s X and Grok

Authorities are probing alleged complicity in spreading child pornography, sexually explicit deepfakes, denial of crimes against humanity, and manipulation of automated systems. The inquiry intensified after X’s AI chatbot Grok, developed by Musk’s company xAI, generated Holocaust denial content and sexually explicit deepfakes. Grok later retracted its Holocaust denial post, acknowledging historical evidence of mass killings at Auschwitz.In March, French prosecutors alerted the US Department of Justice and the SEC, suggesting that the deepfake controversy may have been orchestrated to boost the valuation of X and xAI ahead of a planned June 2026 merger listing with SpaceX. The Justice Department, however, dismissed the request, accusing France of attempting to regulate an American platform in a way that conflicts with the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.Separately, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) filed a new complaint against X, accusing the platform of enabling disinformation campaigns that have reached hundreds of thousands of users. RSF said X repeatedly ignored its alerts, calling the company’s refusal to remove harmful content a “deliberate policy incompatible with the public’s right to reliable information.”