Mystery Swirls Around Whether Elon Musk Will Attend Paris X Cybercrime Hearing As Telegram Boss Posts Support For Tech Tycoon

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Elon Musk was summoned for a hearing in Paris on Monday as part of a probe into X and alleged irregularities around its algorithms as well as its AI tool Grok’s role in the dissemination of Holocaust denial content and sexually explicit deepfakes.

There was no word on whether the tech tycoon would attend or skip the voluntary interview, which will be followed by hearings across the week with other employees of X’s operations in France. French media suggested Musk was expected to be a no show but his absence has not been confirmed as yet.

The Paris Prosecutor publicly announced in early February that it had summoned the X owner and former X CEO Linda Yaccarino, who stepped down in July 2025, for a voluntary interview on April 20 as part of the cybercrime probe.  

February’s summons followed a raid the same day on X’s

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