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French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit

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French headquarters of Elon Musk’s X raided by Paris cybercrime unit
Prosecutors’ announcement comes amid a hardening of European attitudes to social media firmsProsecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summone
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Prosecutors’ announcement comes amid a hardening of European attitudes to social media firms

Prosecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company’s former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime.

“A search is under way by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office, the national police cyber unit and Europol,” the Paris prosecutors’ office said in a post on X on Tuesday, adding that it would no longer be publishing on the network.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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