French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over alleged child abuse images on X
Owner of X summoned along with former CEO Linda Yaccarino over investigation by cybercrime unit into spread of deepfake content
Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content.
The world’s richest man and Linda Yaccarino – the former chief executive of X – were on Monday summoned for “voluntary interviews”, while other employees of the platform were scheduled to be heard as witnesses throughout this week, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.
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