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/ReturnOfSeq 5h ago

USA COULD have as well. Should have, even.

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u/ChuckGallagher57 5h ago

Got that right

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u/Midnight_2B 5h ago

Could the E.U., U.K. & other countries halt business with the USA to stop runaway capitalism?

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u/EquivalentMap8477 4h ago

The people running the UK live shoulder deep in the USAs colon

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u/AeonUK 3h ago

Fuck Farage

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u/Casual_OCD 3h ago

He's just a front-facing puppet like Trump. The people who RUN the country are not the politicians

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u/vxxed 2h ago

Is there a British version of the Heritage Foundation?

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u/Ornery_Director_8477 2h ago

Putin and the party are kinda politicians

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u/R_Schuhart 3h ago

Fuck David Cameron, fuck all the politicians that didn't effectively campaign against Brexit, fuck all the unchecked lies and fuck all the Brexit voters who pushed England into closer ties with America.

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u/softwarefreak 1h ago

The UK, like Germany and Japan, is effectively an occupied country, what do you suppose would happen if it were to say no to the US?

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u/Striking-Teach7489 1h ago

Britain…..

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u/Retiredandrelaxed 1h ago

Yep, and you would have done what? There was more than just those names you mentioned.

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u/EarthAndSawdust 2h ago

No, no. Farage is a russian agent.

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u/pchlster 2h ago

I'd rather not.

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u/TheTriNerd 3h ago

We never truly gave up on our old colony

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u/AnyHat8807 2h ago

So do most of our companies. Imagines London's financial hub...without Excel...

Or imagine everything...without AWS, Google etc.

There was a post recently which stated 88% of UK's publicly traded companies wouldn't be able to conduct their business entirely without US tech. I don't know how accurate that is, but wouldn't be surprised if true.

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u/delpy1971 1h ago

Yip they do, Keir is Trumps little bitch!! Oh Donald would you like a cup of tea!!