Linus Tech Tips Discussion

 French prosecutors raid offices of X f/k/a Twitter as part of an investigation into CSAM, deepfakes and more Please be civil everyone. To the mods, I wish you the best.   Summary Paris prosecutors’ office has raided the French offices of X and have summoned X employees for testimony's in addition for voluntary interviews of Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino the CEO of X from 2023 to 2025.   Quotes Quote The Paris prosecutors’ office said a search was underway Tuesday at the French offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.   In addition, prosecutors filed a request for “voluntary interviews” of Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino, CEO of X from 2023 to 2025, scheduled for April 20. Employees of the platform X have also been summoned that same week in April to be heard as witnesses, the statement said.   My thoughts Given that we have seen French prosecutors have arrested and indicted Pavel Durov, the founder of telegram with twelve charges including complicity in child sexual exploitation and drug trafficking due to insufficient moderation its going to be interesting. Now the question is how Musk will respond to this given his tendency to decree changes by impulse. The other question will be if he uses his former government position, influence and donation power to have the current administration to bend to his whim and do something else utterly idiotic. I guess it's time to see how far the self-imposed "free speech absolutist" will go to try to save himself again.    Sources Associated Press: https://apnews.com/article/france-x-investigation-seach-elon-musk-1116be84d84201011219086ecfd4e0bc Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-prosecutors-cybercrime-unit-searches-french-office-musks-x-2026-02-03/