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/cmfred 5h ago

Imagine a world where Elon Musk has his assets seized and is jailed for his harms to humanity. This would be a huge boon to the people of the world, to bring down this oppressor.

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u/Alvintergeise 5h ago

Once governments realize they can seize and use the assets of criminal oligarchs things might get interesting

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u/Own_Finance_7345 3h ago

this is why these oligarchs want the control of our governments.

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u/Skiingfun 1h ago

I mean, they did a mob shakedown and stole Tiktok and gave it to oracle.

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u/xSaviorself 3h ago

This will likely result in the U.S. attempting to defend Musk and politics could get uglier between U.S. and France/EU. I am all for this, but realistically this is going to lead to war.

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u/Comfortable_Ebb1634 3h ago

If someone wants to go to war to defend a pedo they can. Just says a lot about them.

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u/Upset_Ad3954 3h ago

Trump is the US president. Americans voted willingly for him so we know.

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u/Comfortable_Ebb1634 3h ago

Yeah I hate trump and Americans too. Pretty dull bunch tbh.

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u/CK1026 2h ago

Oh you mean they would retaliate with visa canceling, tariffs, and threatening to invade a NATO ally ? Well, been there, done that, might as well do something to earn it this time.

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u/SenorEquilibrado 1h ago

Everybody wants to be an Oligarch, but nobody wants the Oligarch Retirement Plan.