According to French authorities looking into Musk’s system X, he has not gone to a voluntary job interview he was asked to attend in Paris.
In February, the Paris prosecutor’s office started looking into the business for cyber-crime, and they searched its offices because of claims of immoral behavior involving products stored on its own system.
A job interview with Musk was set for April 20 as part of an investigation that started in 2025 and has since grown to look into concerns about the possible misuse of X’s AI-powered chatbot, Grok, to make explicit deepfake web content without permission.
On Monday, the Paris prosecutor’s office sent a statement to BBC Updates in India. It said that some people who had been called had not shown up, but it did not say anything about Odor’s reputation.
They said, “The presence or absence of summoned people is not an obstacle to continuing the inspection.”
When asked to comment earlier on Monday, X pointed the BBC to a blog post by Musk from February in which he called the investigation a “political attack.”
After the Commercial Publication reported on Saturday that the US Compensation Team told French officials in a letter that it would not help them look into X, this happened.
The Journal also said that the Team blamed French authorities for mistreating the US compensation body.
Odor, however, responded to a blog post about the record on X by saying, “indeed, this needs to have to cease.”
He didn’t go to the meeting in Paris on Monday, which prosecutors set for February, but this isn’t the first time he’s apparently ignored authorizations.
In September 2024, the successful technician businessperson forgot to go to a court hearing in Los Angeles that was required. The hearing was about a probe by the US Stocks and Substitution Compensation into his success on Twitter.
The BBC has actually asked the US Justice Department for a comment.
More careful examination
In January 2025, French prosecutors began looking into X after getting reports that raised concerns about its suggested content. Specifically, they were told that its own algorithm had been used to meddle in French politics.
The investigation grew because of concerns about the product made by Grok, such as women and, most likely,
This set off a chain reaction of legal and regulatory effects for X and its parent company, xAI, that spread across the UK, the EU, and the rest of the world.
In February, prosecutors said they were looking into X for
The claims included organized sharing of child sexual exploitation that violated people’s civil rights, sexually explicit deepfake content, and dishonest information gathering by a group of people.
X has already said he didn’t do anything wrong and called the charges “unsupported.”
The business said at the time, “Today’s staged bust strengthens our belief that this inspection distorts French law, blocks due process, and endangers free speech.”
X is committed to protecting its own core market values and looking out for the interests of its users.
Linda Yaccarino, who used to be X’s CEO, was also called to a voluntary interview in Paris with Odor in April. She was in charge during the time when prosecutors said crimes were happening.
She agreed with Musk’s complaint about the bust and first summons. In a blog post on X, she had already accused French district attorneys of having “a political grudge against Americans.”
