French prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into Elon Musk, X and AI chatbot Grok over deepfakes, child abuse material and Holocaust denial concerns.

The intersection of global tech leadership and government oversight came into sharp focus this week in Paris. As regulatory scrutiny of major digital platforms intensifies across Europe, one proceeding drew outsized attention, not for what transpired ...

Prosecutors said they had “taken note of the absence of the first people summoned”, without mentioning Musk’s name. The billionaire had dubbed the French authorities “retards” weeks earlier in a French-language X post. “The presence or absence ...

Paris prosecutors called for Elon Musk to face charges over the functioning of his social media platform X, according to a statement on Thursday.