Elon Musk chose not to attend a voluntary meeting with Paris prosecutors on Monday. The summons, issued in February, relates to an investigation into claims that the algorithm of X, Musk's social media platform, was employed to meddle in French political matters. The scope of the inquiry was later broadened to cover the spread of Holocaust denial and sexually explicit deepfake content via X's artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok.
This development has drawn attention from legal experts such as Professor Julia Hörnle, who specializes in Internet law at Queen Mary, University of London. The case highlights ongoing concerns about the regulation of social media algorithms and AI-driven content moderation, especially when such technologies are implicated in spreading misinformation and harmful material. Paris prosecutors continue to pursue the investigation despite Musk’s absence at the interview.