French authorities have raided the Paris offices of X as part of a major cybercrime investigation. The raid was carried out on Tuesday, February 3, by France’s cybercrime unit under the authority of the Paris prosecutor’s office. According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, the operation forms part of an investigation opened in 2025 into how content is processed, promoted and moderated on X. Reuters and the Associated Press report that the inquiry now includes allegations relating to: The spread of illegal content under French law Suspected misuse of automated data processing systems The role of artificial intelligence in generating or...