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Pototan

(3,073 posts) Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:44 AM Feb 3

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French Police Raid Elon Musk "X" HQ

Tue 3 Feb 2026 06.42 EST

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.

It added in a statement that Musk and Linda Yaccarino had been summoned for voluntary questioning “in their capacity as de facto and de jure managers of the X platform at the time of the events”. Yaccarino resigned as CEO of X in July last year.

The prosecutor’s office said it was examining “alleged complicity” in offences related to the platform, including the spreading of child abuse images and sexually explicit deepfakes, the denial of crimes against humanity and manipulation

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/03/french-headquarters-elon-musk-x-raided-paris-cybercrime-unit

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French Police Raid Elon Musk "X" HQ (Original Post) Pototan Feb 3 OP

Fuck Musk Pototan Feb 3 #1

I hope they help bring down this evil batman villian. Chasstev365 Feb 3 #2

People forget that X-crement is subject to foreign laws, too. GoCubsGo Feb 3 #3

THIS malaise Feb 3 #5

X-crement. Good one. Dr. T Feb 3 #14

Europe has long since decided not to put up with his shit. They don't Marie Marie Feb 3 #37

awesome! LymphocyteLover Feb 3 #4

Every country should be doing this. Which makes me sad for my country because I know there's no way we will. Scrivener7 Feb 3 #6

+1 area51 Feb 3 #7

The US lacks consequence for the rich stollen Feb 3 #10

and that my friends is what a democracy looks like. Javaman Feb 3 #8

Got that right orangecrush Feb 3 #18

You sure got that right. ms liberty Feb 3 #20

... orangecrush Feb 3 #21

"Don't worry about me Gettys, I'm Charles Foster oasis Feb 3 #9

Don't worry about me... littlemissmartypants Feb 3 #24

K & R Consequences! FakeNoose Feb 3 #11

You just know he was probably storing that generated CSAM durablend Feb 3 #12

Vive La France !! alittlelark Feb 3 #13

Hear! Hear! littlemissmartypants Feb 3 #25

This news has made my day! nt Ilsa Feb 3 #15

YES orangecrush Feb 3 #16

Kick and recommend. bronxiteforever Feb 3 #17

"Cybercrime" as in ELECTION TAMPERING???? orangecrush Feb 3 #19

A story to pay attention to, indeed. yellow dahlia Feb 3 #27

How a real government operates NJCher Feb 3 #22

If only enough Americans cared enough about prosecuting child porn and trafficking dlk Feb 3 #23

Thanks Acosta. What happened to that original indictment and NY Grand Jury materials? Evolve Dammit Feb 3 #33

No doubt they were "lost" dlk Feb 3 #34

No doubt they were "lost" dlk Feb 3 #36

The French don't screw around. CanonRay Feb 3 #26

Musk - Tu te merde! yellow dahlia Feb 3 #28

I just may have french toast for lunch, or maybe french fries, with ketchup on the wall. twodogsbarking Feb 3 #29

Guessing the " J'adore ma Tesla" t-shirts will be on the discount rack soon Torchlight Feb 3 #30

k/r progressoid Feb 3 #31

If we all stopped using Twitter, there would be an incremental improvement in the world quakerboy Feb 3 #32

Did they find our Social Security info in the raid? BaronChocula Feb 3 #35

LOCK THAT FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT UP Blue Owl Feb 3 #38

Excellent. Musk is protected in the US, but not in France. Martin68 Feb 3 #39

Hey Elon, fuck you! Initech Feb 3 #40

That bastard is going to regret the day he ever stood shoulder to shoulder with trump, C Moon Feb 4 #41

Pototan

(3,073 posts)

1. Fuck Musk

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:48 AM

Feb 3

Chasstev365

(7,555 posts)

2. I hope they help bring down this evil batman villian.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:07 AM

Feb 3

GoCubsGo

(34,851 posts)

3. People forget that X-crement is subject to foreign laws, too.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:21 AM

Feb 3

I hope Europol nails the bastard to the wall. Can't wait to see how his current squeeze, Mrs. Stephen Miller, is involved...

His refusal to do anything about the AI child porn on his shitty platform is all starting to make sense...

malaise

(295,086 posts)

5. THIS

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:41 AM

Feb 3

Rec

Dr. T

(599 posts)

14. X-crement. Good one.

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:22 AM

Feb 3

The Repuglican-controlled US federal government, under the influence of a pedophile, sure as hell aren't going to investigate.

Marie Marie

(11,158 posts)

37. Europe has long since decided not to put up with his shit. They don't

Reply to GoCubsGo (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 04:28 PM

Feb 3

worship him as some sort of genius and they don't let him ignore laws and safety regulations like America does. Go get him Europe!

LymphocyteLover

(9,700 posts)

4. awesome!

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:24 AM

Feb 3

Scrivener7

(59,227 posts)

6. Every country should be doing this. Which makes me sad for my country because I know there's no way we will.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:46 AM

Feb 3

area51

(12,637 posts)

7. +1

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:51 AM

Feb 3

At least France tries to take care of its people, but of course the US govt does not.

stollen

(1,114 posts)

10. The US lacks consequence for the rich

Reply to Scrivener7 (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:55 AM

Feb 3

The poor get the death penalty….quite a difference. I first noticed that with Gerald Ford’s pardon of Nixon.

Javaman

(65,572 posts)

8. and that my friends is what a democracy looks like.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:55 AM

Feb 3

instead of our cartoon one.

orangecrush

(29,852 posts)

18. Got that right

Reply to Javaman (Reply #8)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:30 AM

Feb 3

ms liberty

(11,143 posts)

20. You sure got that right.

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #18)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:02 AM

Feb 3

Sometimes you have to complete the lyric to move on!

orangecrush

(29,852 posts)

21. ...

Reply to ms liberty (Reply #20)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:09 AM

Feb 3

oasis

(53,528 posts)

9. "Don't worry about me Gettys, I'm Charles Foster

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:55 AM

Feb 3

Kane”.

littlemissmartypants

(32,806 posts)

24. Don't worry about me...

Reply to oasis (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:32 AM

Feb 3

...I'm no cheap, crooked politician, trying to save himself from the consequences of his crimes. [louder] Gettys. I'm going to send you to Sing Sing. Sing Sing Gettys. Sing Sing."

~From Citizen Kane by Orson Wells

Not that I want the stock market to crash but... I wonder if that wouldn't cut some of these oligarch bastards down to size. Isn't eloon's wealth primarily in shares?

At any rate, they probably all need to be sent to Sing Sing. Maybe some of them would turn on each other, rat out the rest and give us something like a control/ alt/ delete reset. And maybe a little feeling of power over pain.

FakeNoose

(41,134 posts)

11. K & R Consequences!

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:00 AM

Feb 3

durablend

(9,175 posts)

12. You just know he was probably storing that generated CSAM

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:03 AM

Feb 3

alittlelark

(19,128 posts)

13. Vive La France !!

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:20 AM

Feb 3

littlemissmartypants

(32,806 posts)

25. Hear! Hear!

Reply to alittlelark (Reply #13)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:43 AM

Feb 3

🇫🇷 🇺🇸 🇫🇷

Ilsa

(64,197 posts)

15. This news has made my day! nt

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:23 AM

Feb 3

orangecrush

(29,852 posts)

16. YES

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:29 AM

Feb 3

bronxiteforever

(11,212 posts)

17. Kick and recommend.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:30 AM

Feb 3

orangecrush

(29,852 posts)

19. "Cybercrime" as in ELECTION TAMPERING????

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 08:34 AM

Feb 3

yellow dahlia

(5,515 posts)

27. A story to pay attention to, indeed.

Reply to orangecrush (Reply #19)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:47 AM

Feb 3

NJCher

(42,945 posts)

22. How a real government operates

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:19 AM

Feb 3

Instead of what we have, which is a structure to funnel middle class tax dollars to the rich.

dlk

(13,220 posts)

23. If only enough Americans cared enough about prosecuting child porn and trafficking

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:29 AM

Feb 3

Epstein and his cohorts would have been behind bars ages ago.

Evolve Dammit

(21,710 posts)

33. Thanks Acosta. What happened to that original indictment and NY Grand Jury materials?

Reply to dlk (Reply #23)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:22 PM

Feb 3

dlk

(13,220 posts)

34. No doubt they were "lost"

Reply to Evolve Dammit (Reply #33)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:35 PM

Feb 3

The corruption is much more pervasive than most of us could have ever believed.

dlk

(13,220 posts)

36. No doubt they were "lost"

Reply to Evolve Dammit (Reply #33)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 03:17 PM

Feb 3

The corruption is much more pervasive than most of us could have ever believed.

CanonRay

(16,100 posts)

26. The French don't screw around.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:55 AM

Feb 3

I hope Musk is in deep shit.

yellow dahlia

(5,515 posts)

28. Musk - Tu te merde!

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:49 AM

Feb 3

twodogsbarking

(18,324 posts)

29. I just may have french toast for lunch, or maybe french fries, with ketchup on the wall.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:52 AM

Feb 3

Torchlight

(6,669 posts)

30. Guessing the " J'adore ma Tesla" t-shirts will be on the discount rack soon

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:55 AM

Feb 3

Vive la Renault 5E!

progressoid

(53,016 posts)

31. k/r

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 01:51 PM

Feb 3

quakerboy

(14,813 posts)

32. If we all stopped using Twitter, there would be an incremental improvement in the world

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:18 PM

Feb 3

Tiny, but not nothing.

BaronChocula

(4,374 posts)

35. Did they find our Social Security info in the raid?

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 02:46 PM

Feb 3

Just asking.

Blue Owl

(58,848 posts)

38. LOCK THAT FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT UP

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 05:36 PM

Feb 3

Martin68

(27,486 posts)

39. Excellent. Musk is protected in the US, but not in France.

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:11 PM

Feb 3

Initech

(108,416 posts)

40. Hey Elon, fuck you!

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:35 PM

Feb 3

C Moon

(13,586 posts)

41. That bastard is going to regret the day he ever stood shoulder to shoulder with trump,

Reply to Pototan (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:29 AM

Feb 4

and tried to take over our country.

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