Paris prosecutors search French offices of Elon Musk's X

The prosecutor's cybercrime unit is conducting the searches with the support of Europol and the French police's own cybercrime department.

The Paris prosecutor's office said on Tuesday that the French offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X were being searched as part of a recently-launched investigation.The prosecutor's cybercrime unit is conducting the searches with the support of Europol and the French police's own cybercrime department, it said in a post on X.The action is related to an investigation opened in January 2025, the prosecutor added. It did not provide details about the nature of the probe.X has not commented on the raids.The prosecutor's office also said it was leaving X and told users to "find us on LinkedIn and Instagram".This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.