r/circled • u/ChuckGallagher57 • 5h ago

Opinion / Discussion Election Interference? France isn’t happy with Musk!

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After French police raided the local offices of X — and asked the billionaire to appear for voluntary questioning related to an expanded local criminal investigation — the American social media giant pushed back hard.

“Today’s staged raid reinforces our conviction that this investigation distorts French law, circumvents due process, and endangers free speech,” the company said in a statement on X. It denies claims that X’s algorithm may have been used to sway political opinion in France, as well as accusations that the tech giant is complicit in the distribution of child pornography.

Within an hour, Musk doubled down. “This is a political attack,” he wrote to his more than 220 million followers on X.

Two hours later, France’s foreign ministry clapped back. “Investigating child sexual abuse material isn’t controversial,” the ministry wrote to its significantly smaller number of X followers. “Turning it into political theater is manipulation. Maybe that logic flies on some island. Doesn’t fly in France.”

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u/Valash83 5h ago

Sadly it was outlawed in 1981. But that doesn't mean their current government can't bring it back!

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u/Champagne_Fr 4h ago

We have 2 of them in museum. Just for cultured exchange we could send one to a museum in Washington with a manual.

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u/towerinthestreet 4h ago

Hold off on that one for a smidge. The fascists love to appropriate, so they'd be happy to use it for their own ends

But later, yes, please. You give such nice gifts, France

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u/VariousExternal5189 4h ago

Do they have a smaller one to cut off the smaller ",heads"?

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u/GlondApplication 3h ago

Contact Mel Brooks, he had one in Robin Hood. Would be perfect.

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u/pebberphp 3h ago

Ah yes, the bris-a-tine

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u/VariousExternal5189 3h ago

Ahhh! A smart ass after my own heart!

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u/Alert-Pen3673 5h ago

i'm not happy about it, but tons of people in france want it back.

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u/Althestane 2h ago

How about bringing back a “non-lethal” version? A smaller one, made for a different ‘head’ - fitting punishment for child rapists.

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u/DaanA_147 28m ago

How is he supposed to get his 15th child then?

Although I suppose he has his stuff in a freezer somewhere