Europol supports French investigation into alleged criminal activity linked to platform X (Official Statement)

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1. Europol participation suggest that this is an investigation across EU borders with *at least* one other EU Member State involved in addition to France.

2. [Meanwhile, this is what Irelands minister for media has had to say on the matter.](https://www.thejournal.ie/patrick-odonovan-ai-grok-6921190-Jan2026/) 

   > “Every government department will obviously make its own decision with regard to that, but it’s not necessarily the app that’s making the images.

   > “It’s people using the app that’s making the images,” O’Donovan said.

   Most of the media here are *extremely* friendly with his party so it has gone under reported and has often just been chosen not to be reported on at all. He has since deleted his Twitter account due to backlash,  but it is one of the more galling things I have heard from a minister of ours in some time. 

3. Get rid of the cancer that is X already – it exists as an insidious none profit propaganda service

4. Get Elmo out of EU, outrightly ban the cancer named X.