The Paris prosecutor’s cybercrime unit, in collaboration with Europol and French police, has conducted a raid on X’s Paris office as part of an ongoing investigation that broadened in July to include Grok, as reported by The Verge.
The investigation, initiated last year, examines various allegations against X and Grok, such as complicity in possession and distribution of child pornography, denial of crimes against humanity (specifically related to Holocaust denial content), and accusations of algorithm manipulation and illegal data extraction.
Simultaneously, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a formal investigation into X and xAI concerning Grok and its potential to generate harmful sexualized image and video content. Additionally, Ofcom is conducting its own inquiry to assess if X has violated any laws.
These investigations follow a surge of nonconsensual sexualized deepfakes produced by xAI’s Grok, spreading across X’s platform. Despite X’s claims of restricting the feature, the issue has persisted, prompting regulatory scrutiny.
As the tech industry faces intensified regulatory scrutiny and legal challenges, X’s responses and the outcomes of these investigations will be closely monitored by industry observers.
Source: The Verge