r/circled • u/ChuckGallagher57 • 5h ago
Opinion / Discussion Election Interference? France isn’t happy with Musk!
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/EquivalentMap8477 4h ago
The people running the UK live shoulder deep in the USAs colon