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Why are French prosecutors investigating Elon Musk’s X

By Thomson Reuters Feb 3, 2026 | 4:47 AM

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PARIS, Feb ‍3 (Reuters) – French prosecutors said on Tuesday they were widening an investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform X and that they have summoned the ‌tech billionaire for questioning in ‌April.

A probe into alleged abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction was launched in January 2025. That has now been ​expanded following complaints over X’s AI chatbot Grok, they said.

Here ‍are the potential crimes ​the Paris prosecutor says ​it is now investigating:

(Reporting by Dominique Patton; editing by ⁠Richard Lough)