France launches investigation into social media platform X
Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau announced in a written statement that the Paris Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation into the X platform and its executives on July 9.
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In France, an investigation has been opened into the social media platform X and its executives over suspicions that the platform's algorithm was used for the purpose of "foreign interference." While it was stated that the investigation covers the platform and its decision-makers, the name of X's owner, Elon Musk, was not mentioned.
While it was stated that the investigation covers the platform and its decision-makers, the name of X's owner, Elon Musk, was not mentioned.
It was noted that the investigation, opened over suspicions that X's algorithm was manipulated for the purpose of "foreign interference," is based on two separate reports received in January.
In the reports filed by a French member of parliament and a high-level official working in French public institutions, it was alleged that X's algorithm was used in favor of foreign actors and that the platform opened the door to attempts at foreign interference.
The investigation will be conducted by the National Gendarmerie's Cybercrime unit.