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DOJ refuses to help French authorities in criminal probe of X

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The US Justice Department is taking the side of X as the social media platform owned by Elon Musk is handling an ongoing criminal investigation in France. As first reported wall street journalThe Justice Department described the French investigation as “an effort to embroil the United States in a politically charged criminal proceeding aimed at unfairly regulating the business activities of a social media platform through prosecution.”

France launched its own investigation into X in July, accusing the platform of manipulating its algorithms and “fraudulent data extraction.” Months later, French authorities raided X’s office in Paris and issued subpoenas to Musk and X’s former CEO Linda Yaccarino to appear for interviews on April 20 as part of the investigation. according to WSJFrench authorities are also investigating X for other charges, including dissemination of CSAM and Holocaust denial. However, France’s latest move to ask the Justice Department for help has failed.

“This investigation seeks to use the criminal legal system in France to regulate a public square for the free expression of ideas and opinions contrary to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution,” the DOJ wrote in the letter. WSJ.

An XAI official told WSJ It is “grateful to the Department of Justice for rejecting this attempt by a prosecutor in Paris to force our CEO and several employees to sit down for interviews.” The company spokesperson also said that “no wrongdoing occurred” and that it was a “baseless investigation”.



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