Well...in France...the authorities raided X's Paris offices on 3 Feb 2026, as part of an ongoing investigation led by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit.
What they say....the probe focuses on suspected offenses including unlawful data extraction, algorithmic manipulation, political interference, and complicity in the possession and distribution of child sexual abuse material and 'deepfakes'. (Don't ask me to translate deepfakes to/from French).
What the prosecutors want? Well...they desire for Musk and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino for a "voluntary" interview in April. If they fail....they'd issue a warrant and possibly seize assets.
This political? France has a system where they can suggest that prosecutors and judges are outside of the political control. I'm not an expert on this....so it might be true....it be stretching the truth.
Will Yaccaino or Elon show up? Unknown.
The Brit issue?
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced a formal investigation into xAI's Grok AI tool on 3 February 2026. Job? To examine its potential to generate harmful sexualized images and videos, as well as compliance with personal data processing laws.
It appears that UK authorities have restricted access to Grok's image generation features, but it also appears that users can still bypass these limits.
Where this is going? The PM is barely hanging on presently, and having some issues with Trump.
The odd thing with the UK situation....this investigations could continue for the remainder of 2026, and somehow.....develop into fines or operational restrictions for X and xAI in the UK.
I sat and pondered over both situations. Elon could simply deny user abilities for both France and the UK....'dead-zone' type of operation. This would solve the French/UK problems, and make the achievement into a major 2027 mess to clean up.
In the UK case....the Grok image-maker...is like a van Gogh 'machine' and pure art at work....so the government's master plan of controlling 'art'....would become a 'joke'.
Arresting or detaining Musk? I seriously doubt it.
Theater entertainment? If you view the public sentiment of Macron and Starmer....things have evolved to a soap opera level.
Final note....if one drags up erotic stuff, or nudies....seems like both countries have a fair amount of art on display or intellectual stuff....that have pushed the limits for 300-plus years. Seems like things ought to start there and rid civilization of the terrible nudie stuff, or that Shakespeare BS.
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