France, April 21 -- "The prosecutor's office notes the absence of the first individuals who were summoned. Their presence or absence does not hinder the continuation of the investigation," the prosecutor's statement reads, without mentioning anyone by name.

Musk and the former CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino were summoned as part of an investigation, launched in January 2025, into allegations that X's algorithm was used to interfere in French politics.

The probe was later expanded to include an investigation into X's AI chatbot Grok's dissemination of Holocaust denial - a crime in France - and sexually explicit deepfakes.

French prosecutors suspect tycoon Musk encouraged deepfakes to inflate value of X

While attendance at Monday's hearing w...