After Elon Musk called the raid on X\u2019s Paris office as a \u2018political attack\u2019, France said that investigating child sexual abuse material was not controversial. France is investigating X\u2019s chatbot Grok for generating sexually explicit deepfakes and Musk has ramped up his anti-EU rhetoric.<\/p>\n
After Elon Musk called the raid on X\u2019s Paris office as a \u201cpolitical attack\u201d, French foreign ministry on Wednesday said that investigating child sexual abuse material was not controversial.<\/p>\n
France is STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n In response to Musk\u2019s comment, the French foreign ministry said, \u201cInvestigating child sexual abuse material isn\u2019t controversial. Turning it into political theater is manipulation. Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesn\u2019t fly in France.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u2018island\u2019 was an apparent reference to the \u2018Epstein island\u2019 where sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is said to have run his sex slavery and paedophilia operation. Epstein was a longtime close friend and associate of US President Donald Trump \u2014 an ally of Musk.<\/p>\n Since December, scores of users \u2014most of them females\u2014 Investigating child sexual abuse material isn\u2019t controversial. \u2014 French Response (@FrenchResponse) February 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n Additionally, Musk has also called France \u201ctyrant\u201d and his allies have accused its authorities of pursuing \u201ctotalitarianism\u201d.<\/p>\n Even as Musk and his allies have downplayed the deepfakes\u2019 issue, an analysis by New York Times and Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) found that Grok posted more than 4.4 million images in just nine days and 44 per cent of them likely contained sexually explicit images of women.<\/p>\n STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n Overall, CCDH found that around 65 per cent of these images contained sexually explicit images \u2014 of men, women, and children.<\/p>\n Musk and his far-right American allies have long pursued an anti-EU agenda. Previously, Home<\/a>World<\/a>\u2018Investigating child sex abuse isn\u2019t controversial\u2019: France rejects Musk\u2019s charge after raid on X\u2019s Paris officeEnd of Article
\ninvestigating X’s chatbot Grok in two cases<\/a>: one related to generating sexually explicit deepfakes of real people without consent another related to its antisemitic tirade last year. In the case related to deepfakes, French authorities searched X\u2019s Paris office on Tuesday and summoned Musk.<\/p>\n
\nhave reported that Grok has published their photos after digitally removing their clothes<\/a> through at the request of X users. As a result, Grok, X, and Musk have been condemned and scrutinised worldwide for letting users generate sexually explicit deepfakes of real persons without their consent. As France and the European Union (EU) have
\nopened investigations into the matter<\/a>, Musk has ramped up his anti-EU rhetoric.<\/p>\n
Turning it into political theater is manipulation.
Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesn\u2019t fly in France. https:\/\/t.co\/A8WsRXjHuC<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhe has overtly supported anti-EU, far-right parties across Europe<\/a>, such as AfD in Germany and Reform UK in the United Kingdom. Separately, the Trump has publicly supported far-right parties in Europe in their campaigns against centrists in their respective countries. It has so far overtly supported AfD in Germany, National Rally in France, and Law and Justice in Poland.<\/p>\n