Paris cybercrime unit searches X office; Musk summoned


Elon Musk attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

PARIS, Feb 3 (Reuters) - French police raided ‌the offices of Elon Musk's social media network X on Tuesday and prosecutors ordered the tech billionaire to face questions in awidening investigation, amid growing scrutiny ‌of the platform by authorities across Europe.

The raid by the Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit and Musk's summoning - which could further increase tensions between Europe and the ‌U.S. over Big Tech and free speech - are linked to a year-long investigation into suspected abuse of algorithms and fraudulent data extraction by X or its executives.

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