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Miles Archer

(22,288 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:27 AM Feb 3

Musk's French offices raided in child pornography investigation & Twitter's "foreign interference" in France's elections

usk, who owns the social media platform X, had his offices in France raided Tuesday as part of an ongoing criminal probe into the potential “dissemination of child pornography,” The Wall Street Journal reported. The investigation stems from the social media platform’s ability to generate user-created deepfake sexualized images.

The criminal probe has also grown to include allegations that the social media platform and its algorithm may constitute “foreign interference" in France’s elections, with French officials reaching out to Musk and requesting he participate in a “voluntary interview,” the Journal reported.

Conducted by the French authorities and the European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol, the raid represents the latest clash between Musk and European nations, which have weaker free speech protections.

Musk did not respond to the Journal for comment. He has, however, been active on social media over the weekend in a frantic effort to declare his innocence in the wake of the publication of emails between him and Jeffrey Epstein, emails that in many cases suggested holes in his previous denials about his relationship with the disgraced financier.

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2675071911/

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Musk's French offices raided in child pornography investigation & Twitter's "foreign interference" in France's elections (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 3 OP
Go France and Go EU!! RockCreek Feb 3 #1
Go France & EU!!! 👏👏👏 SheltieLover Feb 3 #2
"which have weaker free speech protections." Way to slant it, Wall Street Journal NBachers Feb 3 #3
Over child pornography? Quelle surprise (non!) LSparkle Feb 3 #4
Absolument! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 3 #5
The French value the safety of their children and their drmocracy dlk Feb 3 #6
We've never fully paid them back for the battle at Yorktown. littlemissmartypants Feb 3 #9
Well...there was a little bit of payback. Wednesdays Feb 3 #12
I still believe that we're in arrears. But then I'm a French descendant. 🇫🇷❤️✊️ littlemissmartypants Feb 3 #14
I concur. Wednesdays Feb 3 #17
They sure could! liberalla Feb 3 #10
YES !!!!!!!!!!!!! liberalla Feb 3 #7
bravo. AllaN01Bear Feb 3 #8
It's about time Johnny2X2X Feb 3 #11
Is it too much to hope EuterpeThelo Feb 3 #13
Hey Musk.................trouble ..............couldn't happen to a better person...........enjoy.............. turbinetree Feb 3 #15
Dust off one of those guillotines and sharpen the blade. MLWR Feb 3 #16
.....waiting for Trump's next threat to France and the EU. Bev54 Feb 3 #18
May they nail his ass! pandr32 Feb 3 #19

Wednesdays

(21,947 posts)
17. I concur.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:14 AM
Feb 3

There was a year or two, ca. 1798, when there were hostilities between France and the USA. But other than that, the USA has had a very close alliance with the French through the entire history of the republic.

Until now.

Johnny2X2X

(23,861 posts)
11. It's about time
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:58 AM
Feb 3

What is happening with Grok and X is evil. The material being produced is horrific and Musk himself knows about it and refusing to stop it.

EuterpeThelo

(268 posts)
13. Is it too much to hope
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:03 AM
Feb 3

that the French authorities uncover rock-solid proof that Eloon messed with our election in Nov. 2024 as well????

Bev54

(13,345 posts)
18. .....waiting for Trump's next threat to France and the EU.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:25 AM
Feb 3

I finally feel like the world has woken up and are not going to be bullied anymore and I am grateful they are going after Musk.

pandr32

(13,988 posts)
19. May they nail his ass!
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:38 AM
Feb 3

Also, hearing that his response includes "a frantic effort to declare his innocence..." finds a smile creeping across my face. May his smugness evaporate and reveal a nervous social outcast--not the 'cool' guy he longs to be seen as.

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