X (Twitter) X (Twitter) offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok

[1974Mustang]

Nutty times we live in.

What does everyone think of this?

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 pornography.

The prosecutor's office also said both Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino had been summoned to appear at hearings in April.

In a separate development, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced a probe into Musk's AI tool, Grok, over its "potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content."

X is yet to respond to either investigation - the BBC has approached it for comment.
It has previously characterised the French investigation as an attack on free speech.

The investigation began in January 2025 when French prosecutors started looking into content recommended by X's algorithm, before being widened in July that year to include Musk's controversial AI chatbot, Grok.

In a post at the time, X said the action was "politically-motivated" and denied allegations it had manipulated its algorithm.

Following today's raid, French prosecutors say they are now investigating whether X has broken the law across multiple areas.

Among potential crimes it said it would investigate were complicity in possession or organised distribution of images of children of a pornographic nature, infringement of people's image rights with sexual deepfakes and fraudulent data extraction by an organised group.

New UK investigation
Meanwhile, UK authorities have given an update on their investigations into sexual deepfakes created by Grok and shared on X.

The images - often made using real images of women without their consent - prompted a barrage of criticism in January from victims, online safety campaigners and politicians.

The company eventually intervened to prevent the practice, after Ofcom and others launched investigations.

In an update on Tuesday, Ofcom said it was continuing to investigate the platform and was treating it as "a matter of urgency".

But it added it was currently unable to investigate the creation of illegal images by Grok in this case because it did not have sufficient powers relating to chatbots.

However, shortly afterwards the ICO said it was launching its own probe, in conjunction with Ofcom, into the processing of personal data in relation to the Grok.

"The reports about Grok raise deeply troubling questions about how people's personal data has been used to generate intimate or sexualised images without their knowledge or consent, and whether the necessary safeguards were put in place to prevent this," said William Malcolm, the ICO's executive director for regulatory risk & innovation.

In late January, the European Commission announced an investigation into its parent company xAI over concerns about the images.

A Commission spokesperson said it was in touch with France over its search of X's office in Paris.

'Not a free country'
Pavel Durov - founder of the messaging app Telegram - criticised the French authorities on Tuesday, accusing France of being "the only country in the world that is criminally persecuting all social networks that give people some degree of freedom".

"Don't be mistaken: this is not a free country," he added in a post on X.

Durov was arrested and detained in France in August 2024 over alleged moderation lapses on his messaging app, which the Paris prosecutor's office said had failed to curb criminal activity.

He was permitted to leave the country last March after the platform made some changes to the way it operates following the arrest.

These included sharing some user data with authorities in response to legal requests.

 

[roydan]

There's nothing the Europeans hate more than American companies.

 

[Dopious]

There's nothing the Europeans hate more than American companies.

We don`t hate American companies, just Elon, retarded fckr.

 

[polecat]

I don't like Musk, think he's an asshole, but I don't think this is a good idea.

I am fan of Durov .

 

[29dogs]

There's nothing the Europeans hate more than American companies.

More like a Saudi Arabian company since Elon bought it lol

 

[roydan]

We don`t hate American companies, just Elon, retarded fckr.

Yeah I'm not a fan of him either. A serious nut job.

More like a Saudi Arabian company since Elon bought it lol

Had to look it up

 

[29dogs]

Had to look it up

For anyone else! https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stake

 

[indianmojojojo]

I like Elon, nice to see someone with aspergers do well. Though I dont agree with everything he does or his POV on most things. But left or right, Governments shouldn't've involve themselves, go witch hunting businesses based on political affiliations. Its like how Trump went after Jimmy Kimmel. If it can happen to the right it also happen to the left. Should'nt celebrate either imo

 

[t0mmy]

I like Elon too, quirky guy and means well I think. The U.K should stfu and stay away from our internet, so should every damn country... this isn't what the internet was once about, like everything good the authorities and corrupt people in power come along to fuck shit up.

 

[shattered world]

I like Elon too, quirky guy and means well I think. The U.K should stfu and stay away from our internet, so should every damn country... this isn't what the internet was once about, like everything good the authorities and corrupt people in power come along to fuck shit up.

I don't like Elon but I agree with what you said. Everyone is butting in and trying to police the internet in the most corrupt way they can.

 

[Preying Mantis]

I don't like Elon but I agree with what you said. Everyone is butting in and trying to police the internet in the most corrupt way they can.

It’s making it worse to use imo.

 

[UnusualSubstance]

Of course they're going after the only free speech platform left.

Not surprised in the least.

 

[Berry Scary]

They are probably being raided because of this shit:

Grok - Grok can't say sorry...

https://www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-apologize-grok-isnt-sentient Wow. That was a read and a half. Not sure how I missed it. That entire thing is awful. Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did? Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women...

officeoutlaw.com

Over the past week, users on X discovered something horrifying: strangers were replying to women’s photos and asking Grok, the platform’s built-in AI chatbot, to “remove her clothes” or “put her in a bikini.” And Grok was doing it. Publicly. In the replies. For everyone to see.

This looks pretty bad for him, especially given that he's mentioned in the Epstein files, too. So either, he really doesn't give a shit about child sexual abuse or he is actively complicit in it.

 

[t0mmy]

They are probably being raided because of this shit:

Grok - Grok can't say sorry...

https://www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-apologize-grok-isnt-sentient Wow. That was a read and a half. Not sure how I missed it. That entire thing is awful. Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did? Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women...

officeoutlaw.com

This looks pretty bad for him, especially given that he's mentioned in the Epstein files, too. So either, he really doesn't give a shit about child sexual abuse or he is actively complicit in it.

How? It’s an Ai bot, every one of the major Ai bots at the time of this nothing burger bikini thing becoming hugely important sudden world news (especially in the uk and Ireland) pushed by the EU - no one cared. The EU are butthurt that Musk wouldn’t yield and bend the knee a few months before this to shit requests they wanted implemented on X that went against his free speech ethos, he took their fine instead - that’s why the focus (although every other Ai could do it too) was on X. X is a major threat to the norm or status-quo right now, another final nail in a half buried corrupt coffin (system).

I don’t even need to check the news spending hours reading between main stream media bullshit, it’s usually live on X from real people long before it reaches the editing desks of the MSM - and that is the real problem they have not grok.

I would tread carefully judging people for being “mentioned” in these so called “files” or worse “lists” as some call them - a lot of the “mentions” as I’ve seen for example with Putin are Epstein and others discussing that person, the EU tried to play the Russia card recently stating Epstein is a KGB asset because putin is mentioned 2000 times (we all know he’s mossad, the links to Israel are undeniable, Epstein didn’t even deny it lol), using that “mentioned” on lists line only to be discredited as there’s still a somewhat free internet that shows all - shows Putin wouldn’t ever agree to basically Epstein persistent quest to have one on one time with him, he’s not on a “list” as that word wrongly implies when talking about these files.. it’s more so his name being mentioned by others in transcripts of emails from the “files” related to Epstein.

I looked into some of the stuff they’re putting at Elon, he talks about a different holiday location that the wealthy go to, I forget it’s name.. while actually rejecting offers to Epsteins Island for a private party. Elon is currently and appears to have always (from what I can see) been very vocal on X about all of it, demanding full disclosures and investigations… then we have others running for cover and telling us to forget it all smh

 

[Berry Scary]

How? It’s an Ai bot, every one of the major Ai bots at the time of this nothing burger bikini thing becoming hugely important sudden world news (especially in the uk and Ireland) pushed by the EU - no one cared. The EU are butthurt that Musk wouldn’t yield and bend the knee a few months before this to shit requests they wanted implemented on X that went against his free speech ethos, he took their fine instead - that’s why the focus (although every other Ai could do it too) was on X. X is a major threat to the norm or status-quo right now, another final nail in a half buried corrupt coffin (system).

I don’t even need to check the news spending hours reading between main stream media bullshit, it’s usually live on X from real people long before it reaches the editing desks of the MSM - and that is the real problem they have not grok.

I would tread carefully judging people for being “mentioned” in these so called “files” or worse “lists” as some call them - a lot of the “mentions” as I’ve seen for example with Putin are Epstein and others discussing that person, the EU tried to play the Russia card recently stating Epstein is a KGB asset because putin is mentioned 2000 times (we all know he’s mossad, the links to Israel are undeniable, Epstein didn’t even deny it lol), using that “mentioned” on lists line only to be discredited as there’s still a somewhat free internet that shows all - shows Putin wouldn’t ever agree to basically Epstein persistent quest to have one on one time with him, he’s not on a “list” as that word wrongly implies when talking about these files.. it’s more so his name being mentioned by others in transcripts of emails from the “files” related to Epstein.

I looked into some of the stuff they’re putting at Elon, he talks about a different holiday location that the wealthy go to, I forget it’s name.. while actually rejecting offers to Epsteins Island for a private party. Elon is currently and appears to have always (from what I can see) been very vocal on X about all of it, demanding full disclosures and investigations… then we have others running for cover and telling us to forget it all smh

I mean... don't you think a company's AI that allows people to undress children and deepfake them over bodies that are in bikinis or even completely naked should be investigated? I really don't think that should be allowed to happen.

I do agree that not everyone mentioned is inherently guilty per se, but there are emails between Epstein and Musk that are suspicious, like Musk asking what night on the island will be the "wildest party". He is claiming some of the emails are fake but not all of them, which I don't buy. The US gov doesn't want to release this stuff in the first place because so many of their own officials are in it, so why would they want to add fake emails involving a man that they previously hired to manage efficiency in their government; that wouldn't look good for them at all, let alone Musk.

Elon Musk was previously vocal about the Epstein files, and even posted publicly that Donald Trump was in them... then suddenly he turned meek and said "dw I was wrong". I can't help but feel like they mentioned to him privately that he turns up in it too and was told to back down.

I don't like Elon Musk at all, but I don't mind if other people do like him. I still think that he isn't above the law and should be investigated if there's shit going on with his companies, and I would think the same even if I approved of him. If he hasn't done anything illegal then it's not something he has to worry about anyway.

 

[t0mmy]

I mean... don't you think a company's AI that allows people to undress children and deepfake them over bodies that are in bikinis or even completely naked should be investigated? I really don't think that should be allowed to happen.

I do agree that not everyone mentioned is inherently guilty per se, but there are emails between Epstein and Musk that are suspicious, like Musk asking what night on the island will be the "wildest party". He is claiming some of the emails are fake but not all of them, which I don't buy. The US gov doesn't want to release this stuff in the first place because so many of their own officials are in it, so why would they want to add fake emails involving a man that they previously hired to manage efficiency in their government; that wouldn't look good for them at all, let alone Musk.

Elon Musk was previously vocal about the Epstein files, and even posted publicly that Donald Trump was in them... then suddenly he turned meek and said "dw I was wrong". I can't help but feel like they mentioned to him privately that he turns up in it too and was told to back down.

I don't like Elon Musk at all, but I don't mind if other people do like him. I still think that he isn't above the law and should be investigated if there's shit going on with his companies, and I would think the same even if I approved of him. If he hasn't done anything illegal then it's not something he has to worry about anyway.

I thought it was fucking epic, the trolling on X over those few days of Politcians and Celebs in their comment section was great fun... again this wasn't about that though, otherwise ChatGPT, DeepSeek and others would have got the same attention, plenty of videos around at the time of people testing the other major Ai's and them all doing it too. Grok at least is more geared towards adults and for now is mainly popular on X although it does have an app of it's own now.

There is a site https://joogle.lol - you can search for anyone and find what's been said about them. I read the emails, he refuses Epstein's offer to the Island and was talking about another Island.. it starts with a B and is very exclusive. He was talking about getting out there when the season started and declined the offer to Epstein's Island by saying something along the lines of his girlfriend wouldn't be comfortable there or similar. Trolls online are making fake ones daily, that may be the issue.. he hasn't been though, same with Putin and many others that the media is screaming about being "mentioned" rather than focusing on the real perverts.

He is on X the past week posting daily about them, offered to pay the legal fees of any of Epstein's victims that releases full disclosure documents that don't have the redactions and ends up in court... doesn't sound like someone that's guilty to me.

I think he's a decent guy, hasn't done any wrong in the world that I can see... especially compared to some of the lunatics I have seen over the years. I think a lot of people misunderstand the guy... well he's offered himself up for a full investigation to prove these points - he said it right away, again on X the past week or so, doesn't sound like someone that thinks they're above the law either. He isn't worried from what I can see, he is actually asking for an investigation into himself and doing so publicly.

 

[Berry Scary]

There is a site https://joogle.lol - you can search for anyone and find what's been said about them.

That thing is hard as fuck to navigate. And it says there are no results found for Ghislaine Maxwell, so it doesn't seem to be working properly. How did you find emails between Musk and Epstein specifically on this?

He is on X the past week posting daily about them, offered to pay the legal fees of any of Epstein's victims that releases full disclosure documents that don't have the redactions and ends up in court... doesn't sound like someone that's guilty to me.

That is nice of him at least. I hope it's genuine and not paying them the same way SpaceX offered to pay a flight attendant to keep quiet about Musk exposing himself of an airplane lol.


Also...

I mean... don't you think a company's AI that allows people to undress children and deepfake them over bodies that are in bikinis or even completely naked should be investigated? I really don't think that should be allowed to happen.

I thought it was fucking epic

Ummm.... ok. Are you talking about something else?

 

[t0mmy]

Ummm.... ok. Are you talking about something else?

No, I'm talking about this when it happened and was noticed, the media madness in the EU was what people outside X (where the main Grok userbase is) seen or were told to believe, the reality and what people were actually doing with it on X was a far cry from the over the top dramatic claims the EU are making, as I stated "the trolling on X over those few days of Politcians and Celebs in their comment section was great fun"... ever seen Bill Clinton in a Bikini? Shits funny...

X is an adult platform and like I said the whole thing was a nothing burger that they ran with because it's X, every other Ai could do the exact same thing.. this was more to do with the EU being sour X took their fine rather than change elements of their site to suit the EU not too long before this nonsense with Grok, I like that Elon told them to get fucked and paid their fine over bending on his principles, too much political fuckery trying to control every aspect of the internet... goes against everything it once stood for.

 

[Word Wizard]

The most beautiful and romantic city in the world

The civilized world is fucked

Also, Elon is much better than most other unelected dipshits running things. You will quickly forget about a hand gesture when you get sentenced to prison for making a hand gesture.

 

[Berry Scary]

No, I'm talking about this when it happened and was noticed, the media madness in the EU was what people outside X (where the main Grok userbase is) seen or were told to believe, the reality and what people were actually doing with it on X was a far cry from the over the top dramatic claims the EU are making, as I stated "the trolling on X over those few days of Politcians and Celebs in their comment section was great fun"... ever seen Bill Clinton in a Bikini? Shits funny...

So you're saying that people weren't using Grok to put children in bikinis based from pictures posted on X?