PARIS, France – Elon Musk has launched a tirade against French judicial authorities currently investigating possible abuses on his X social network.

France opened an inquiry in January 2025 into allegations that X, formerly known as Twitter, was used to interfere in French politics.

The probe has since widened to cover allegations of Holocaust denial, distribution of sexual deepfakes, and most recently possible complicity in the distribution of images of child sexual abuse. French judicial officials have also appointed an investigating magistrate to handle the case.

Musk’s outburst

Responding to a post on the latest phase of the inquiry, Musk wrote in French on Friday: “They’re faker than a chocolate euro and gayer than a flamingo in a neon tutu!”

The SpaceX and Tesla tycoon, under investigation alongside former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino in their capacity as operators of the platform at the time of the events, recently failed to respond to a summons from the French judiciary for an informal interview about X and its AI chatbot Grok.

Arthur Delaporte, a Socialist MP who helped file the legal complaints against X, said Musk’s failure to appear “has not been an obstacle to continuing the investigation”, praising “the work of investigators and magistrates in this complex and sensitive case”.

Earlier attacks on French judiciary

Musk had already labelled French magistrates “mentally retarded” in an earlier post in French, following a raid on X’s Paris office in mid-February.

At the time of the raid, the social network condemned what it called an abusive judicial action with political motives and denied any wrongdoing. X declined to comment when contacted about Musk’s latest published remarks.

The Paris public prosecutor has also opened investigations into messaging service Telegram, live-streaming platform Kick, and video app TikTok.

Musk is also currently embroiled in a courtroom battle in the United States with OpenAI chief Sam Altman over the future of the ChatGPT maker.

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