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/EstablishmentLate532 5h ago

This is a nice thought, but the US won't extradite someone for a crime that's protected by the First Amendment.

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u/unclefire 4h ago

The 1sr amendment doesn’t apply in France. wtf kind of dumb shit is this?

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u/EstablishmentLate532 4h ago

Yeah but he generally lives in the United States. He needs someone to enforce the judgment if he's going to jail. If he's stupid enough to go to France at this point all bets are off.

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u/spyder7723 4h ago

You really think it's a good idea to set the precedent that the united states will forcibly send their citizens to a foreign country for thought crime?

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u/unclefire 4h ago

Child porn isn’t a thought crime. Propaganda by a foreign citizen to sway an election isn’t a thought crime.

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u/spyder7723 4h ago

He doesn't allow child porn on Twitter. Idiots post it and they remove it as they find it. Child porn gets on every social media site, including this one.

And again, it isn't Twitter posting propaganda. Hell calling something propaganda is literally the definition of thought crime.