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Paris prosecutors open criminal probe into Elon Musk over X content

techMay 8, 2026263,144

Paris prosecutors opened a criminal probe into Elon Musk and X over distribution of child sexual imagery on the platform. Investigators summoned Musk and ex-CEO Linda Yaccarino and are seeking preliminary charges that can be pursued even if the executives do not appear. The inquiry targets whether X's content moderation and policies allowed illegal images to circulate, exposing the company and its leaders to criminal liability under French law. A prosecution could lead to fines, operational restrictions in France, and set a precedent for holding tech executives personally accountable for platform content.

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Update on DOGE: A federal judge just delivered a devastating ruling against DOGE, finding that Elon Musk’s operation “blatantly used” race, gender, and other protected characteristics to carry out the largest mass termination

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of federal grants in the history of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Over 1,400 grants representing more than $100 million in congressionally appropriated funds were wiped out.

armyguy8382.bsky.social48

He and all those moronic kids that did the actual work should be forced to pay for the damage done. Take 90% of his wealth and 30% of gross income for the rest of their lives from the 20 something asshats that he used.

Marko Silberhand20

. DOGE was the biggest heist of all time . . . ... right before everyone's eyes. 💠 😠 💠

Jane D17

too late, the damage is done. Will there be any repercussion against musk? Probably not why not send him to Mars all alone in his own rocket. Don’t his aircraft have a history of blowing up.

Robin13

"DOGE had no legal authority" to make these decisions. 👏👏👏 Finally. Now to prosecute these punks and their (Musky) ring leader

Smoochy Rhino12

Well, oddly enough, it’s much easier to set fire to a house than to build one. And that’s basically all the Trump admin has done, with everything.

David S. Moore8

This is good, but where are we with the rest of the DOGE annihilations? Or the mass firings by Bondi and Patel? Or the obliteration of the Dept. Of Education? ALL of these actions were done on the basis that the president can do whatever he wants without consulting Congress.

asofel.bsky.social8

That’s the kind of lighting quick response we need to keep the barn safe now that the horses are gone

cbum-in-co.bsky.social7

Way past time to prosecute MuskRat.

snaxlight.bsky.social6

So did the judge order a reinstatement of those positions, effectively immediately, and require those people who were targeted by these discriminatory policies receive some form of compensation for the harassment, embarrassment, and the difficulties they may have faced finding another position?

BubzerBlue5

I don't understand why the very existence of DOGE hasn't been ruled illegal. Presidents do not have the authority to repurpose agencies which have been established and defined through legislation. Particularly legislation which does not grant ANY authority to the president to change.

Sisulady5

Musk and all doge should be sued by the American people and be forced to pay billions as restitution to all grant recipients cancelled

SonadaVT-Medical Hiatus5

Are they doing anything actionable with this ruling?

PCalico4

Here's the opinion & order - all 143 pages of it storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Sad Eyed Lady3

Great. But this regime ignores judges' rulings. There must be consequences significant enough to have an impact and at least slow them down if not stop them.

Liz G3

Great ruling, but it’s only putting an official judicial stamp on what we already knew they were doing. The damage has been done.

handle.invalid3

Almost surely will be overturned by SCROTUS (the R is for Racism)

Margaret Forsyth2

This is affirming, but will there be any real world consequence because of it?

paulapooh.bsky.social2

Take all him money to make things right....and lock him (all of them) up.... Trump needs related consequences as well..

Bethechange🪴2

So what? The damage is done and no one will be held accountable. We know that NOTHING happens to the white privileged class of oligarchs. And court ruling don’t seem to mean shit anymore, no consequences if they aren’t followed.

『LEVIΛTHΛN』2

Honestly, with the way things have been going, even reading the final ruling, I have no faith that anything will happen. Law doesn't seem to apply to the White House these days.

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