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French prosecutors seek charges against Elon Musk and X over child sexual abuse images

Prosecutors in Paris said they are investigating charges including complicity in denying crimes against humanity by X’s AI system Grok

2-MIN READ2-MIN ListenAssociated PressPublished: 3:28am, 8 May 2026French prosecutors are seeking charges against Elon Musk and his social platform X for child sexual abuse images on the platform, deepfakes, disinformation and complicity in denying crimes against humanity by the platform’s artificial intelligence system, Grok.

The Paris public prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday it has opened an investigation into X on charges including complicity in possessing and distributing child sexual abuse images, unlawfully collecting personal data and without ensuring data security, as well as disseminating non-consensual images or other content and denial of crimes against humanity Grok.

X and its parent company SpaceX did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment on Thursday.

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