X office raided in France’s Grok probe; Elon Musk summoned for questioning

Paris prosecutor: Illegal content probe includes pornographic images of minors.

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[GreyAreaUK]

I'm not holding out any hope, but some consequences would be welcome.

 

[msawzall]

It's good to know that at least outside the US, money and power can't shield you from the law.

 

[Chinsukolo]

Get him!

But like first posted said, im not holding to much hope, certain 0 that anything US would happen.

Help us Obi Europe Kenobi, you're our only hope.

 

[deltaproximus]

It's good to know that at least outside the US, money and power can't shield you from the law.

It's still too early to say that. The "voluntary" rather than compulsory summons isn't a good sign for Elon catching any real consequences over this.

 

[akw0088]

I've heard that people have embedded something similar into the bitcoin blockchain.... not too sure how that works legally though

But then I don't know why copyright/illegal content doesn't apply to LLM's either

 

[mobby_6kl]

@Grok, is this true??

Because I sure hope so!

 

[Louis XVI]

Enfermez-le!

 

[try_ntp]

Now owned by SpaceX.

 

[canwaf]

Ofcom and the ICO are both captured and incompetent regulators. Wake me when the Met gets involved in the UK.

 

[Aurich]

My question is this: since Europe likes to assign fines based on % of company revenue, what happens now that SpaceX has absorbed everything?

Presumably that means that the potential penalties just got a lot steeper ...

I know it feels like this stuff doesn't go anywhere, but at a certain point maybe something sticks.

 

[PatientZero]

With this and the huge EU/India trade deal that was announced, America might be entering the "FO" stage of FAFO

 

[MrFission]

This really brightens my day to hear that Elon is being inconvenienced.

 

[Jackattak]

With any luck for the French they pull out of France altogether, making France an even better place to live.

 

[Oldmanalex]

Those little girls were just asking for it. After all they are only little girls, whereas their their online nemeses are esteemed incels, still making a valuable contribution in their parents' basements. I am still looking for the exact phraseology to get this point across to my granddaughters optimally, but I do not speak Grok fluently.

 

[ubercurmudgeon]

Petulant, entitled meltdown on X in 3... 2... 1...

 

[KingKrayola]

With any luck for the French they pull out of France altogether, making France an even better place to live.

xAI, or the French?

 

[iceice1972]

Kid you not, from AP.

"Prosecutors asked Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino to attend “voluntary interviews” on April 20."

4/20 - the French authorities are having some fun with that.

 

[EvolvedMonkey]

My question is this: since Europe likes to assign fines based on % of company revenue, what happens now that SpaceX has absorbed everything?

Presumably that means that the potential penalties just got a lot steeper ...

I know it feels like this stuff doesn't go anywhere, but at a certain point maybe something sticks.

More importantly it puts a lot of revenue in European grasp to fine - Starlink customers.

 

[Unclebugs]

It's good to know that at least outside the US, money and power can't shield you from the law.

Maybe that's why Trump has been on a crusade to denigrate Europe while he cheers on Putin.

 

[NoReallyJustSaying]

It's still too early to say that. The "voluntary" rather than compulsory summons isn't a good sign for Elon catching any real consequences over this.

Crippling fines would be nice.

 

[Deranged]

My question is this: since Europe likes to assign fines based on % of company revenue, what happens now that SpaceX has absorbed everything?

Presumably that means that the potential penalties just got a lot steeper ...

I know it feels like this stuff doesn't go anywhere, but at a certain point maybe something sticks.

Typically, yes, fines are calculated for the entire group even if it’s a subsidiary that’s being investigated. Especially if the company is wholly owned by the parent company.

In this case, POTENTIALLY it might not apply since the infractions investigated occurred before the SpaceX acquisition.

 

[Deranged]

aren't a lot of European Starlink customers Ukrainian and Russian? how's that going to shake out?

What’s that got to do with anything?

 

[Darkly]

My question is this: since Europe likes to assign fines based on % of company revenue, what happens now that SpaceX has absorbed everything?

Presumably that means that the potential penalties just got a lot steeper ...

I know it feels like this stuff doesn't go anywhere, but at a certain point maybe something sticks.

I like your thinking.

 

[Sadre]

Anyone who tries to call Elon to account is doing something that is impossible for him to grok.

 

[GreyAreaUK]

Obvious troll is obvious.

 

[graylshaped]

It's good to know that at least outside the US, money and power can't shield you from the law.

Sure it can. It just requires a different currency.

 

[LordEOD]

This smells like another gov't cash grab like has been done to other companies such as Google, Meta, Apple, Amazon, & Microsoft.

"You run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. You run into assholes all day, you're the asshole."

 

[DOOManiac]

Good. I'm glad someone is doing something over this instead of just shrugging their shoulders and saying "well I guess it's okay if the AI produces CSAM..."

 

[Fred Duck]

Kid you not, from AP.

"Prosecutors asked Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino to attend “voluntary interviews” on April 20."

4/20 - the French authorities are having some fun with that.

If you don't speak French, in French, that would be written 20/4, or 20 avril.

Poisson d'avril would be more meaningful.

But then they might not attend believing it to be le joke.

...Oh who am I fooling?

 

[Steve austin]

Aren’t there also EU investigations along similar lines? How do the French and EU investigations and possible fines interact?

 

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

It's good to know that at least outside the US, money and power can't shield you from the law.

I think France requires some degree of artistic or cultural significance to qualify for impunity; and Musk isn't even the Roman Polanski of twitter shitposts; much less of some actual field.

 

[Deadwing]

If it's bad for Musk, it's good for everyone else.

 

[Jakelshark]

I'd be so pissed if I was an investor of SpaceX and looking forward to an IPO with this huge liability being stuck onto SpaceX at the last minute

 

[LibraryCommoner]

What’s that got to do with anything?

I'm wondering if SpaceX would threaten to rescind Starlink service to Ukraine, which would probably undermine France's (and more broadly Europe's) support for Ukraine's war against Russia.

I'm certain that the EU will field indigenous replacements for Starlink but I'm uncertain if Ukraine could switch over to an EU replacement this year.