X Says it Will Resist ‘Politically Motivated’ French Probe

(Bloomberg) – Elon Musk’s X will not participate in the requests of an investigation of the French authorities on the allegation of prejudice and manipulation of the algorithm of the social media platform.

“The X remains in the dark about special allegations against the platform,” he said on Monday. “X believes that this investigation has distorted French laws to serve a political agenda and ultimately restrict free speech.”

In early July, the Paris prosecutors launched an investigation into suspicious intervention and fraudulent data from the “Automatic Data Processing System”. The Probe follows two reports from deputy Eric Bothorel and a senior official claiming that the algorithm of X in a French public institution is used for foreign intervention.

X rejects the allegations and said that the investigation was caused by prejudiced experts who have previously participated in campaigns dedicated to the users to quit X or to enab open hostility to X.

X It makes serious concerns about the participation of these individuals, the neutrality of the investigation, the justice and political motivation, and it surprisingly expresses it. A predetermined conclusion is not fair, ”he said.

The company is also investigated by the European Union due to compliance with Bloc’s Digital Services Law, which requires platforms to fight against illegal content and disinformation and follow the rules of transparency. The EU is leading a global pressure on harmful online content and disinformation that increases more and more vocal reactions from Musk, who says that such measures restrict free speech.

-Help from Gaspard Sebag.

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