European authorities stepped up the pressure on Elon Musk’s X on Tuesday – with French law enforcement raiding the company’s Paris office and UK authorities announcing a fresh probe on the “potential” for X’s Grok AI tool “to produce harmful sexualised image and video content.” 

The actions marked the latest steps by authorities in Europe to crack down on X in the wake of reports that Grok was used to create deepfake images of undressed women and children. Last month, the European Union formally launched an investigation into the allegations.

In the latest development, the Paris prosecutor’s cyber-crime unit said it was looking into charges including alleged “complicity” in possessing and spreading pornographic images of minors and unlawful extraction of data.

The probe goes back to January 2025, when French prosecutors began investigating content recommended by X’s algorithm. Over the summer, they widened the probe to focus on Grok, too.

The potential crimes under investigation in France include complicity in sexually explicit deepfakes, denial of crimes against humanity and manipulation of an automated data processing system as part of an organized group.

“At this stage, the conduct of the investigation is based on a constructive approach, with the aim of ultimately ensuring that the X platform complies with French law, as it operates on the national territory,” Paris prosecutors wrote on X.

X rejected any wrongdoing and called the raid “a politicized criminal investigation.”

“We are disappointed by this development, but we are not surprised,” the company said in a statement to The Post.

“[T]oday’s action was an abusive act of law enforcement theater designed to achieve illegitimate political objectives rather than advance legitimate law enforcement goals.”

Meanwhile in the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office said it and media watchdog Ofcom were launching a probe into the processing of personal data in relation to the Grok.

“The reports about Grok raise deeply troubling questions about how people’s personal data has been used to generate intimate or sexualised images without their knowledge or consent, and whether the necessary safeguards were put in place to prevent this,” William Malcolm, the ICO’s executive director for regulatory risk and innovation, was quoted as saying by the BBC.

The Tuesday development came after Ofcom said its hands were tied in probing Grok because it lacked the power to probe chatbots adequately.

The Post has sought comment from X.