Musk rants at French prosecutors probing his X platform

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Elon Musk

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Elon Musk has launched a tirade against French judicial authorities currently investigating possible abuses on his X social network.

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France opened an inquiry in January 2025 into allegations that X, formerly known as Twitter, was used to interfere in French politics.

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The probe has since widened to cover allegations of Holocaust denial, distribution of sexual deepfakes and most recently possible complicity in the distribution of images of child sexual abuse.

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Responding to a post on the latest phase of the inquiry, Musk wrote in French on Friday: “They’re faker than a chocolate euro and gayer than a flamingo in a neon tutu!”

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The SpaceX and Tesla tycoon, under investigation along with former X CEO Linda Yaccarino, recently failed to respond to a summons from the French judiciary for an informal interview.

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He already labelled French magistrates “mentally retarded” in an earlier post in French, following a raid on X’s Paris office in mid-February.

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At the time of the raid, the social network condemned what it called an abusive judicial action with political motives and denied any wrongdoing.

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Contacted by AFP about Musk’s latest published remarks, X declined to comment.

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