{"id":14338,"date":"2025-07-21T12:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14338"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:01:46","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:01:46","slug":"x-refuses-to-comply-with-french-investigation-labels-it-politically-driven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=14338","title":{"rendered":"X refuses to comply with French investigation, labels it &#8216;politically driven&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Elon Musk\u2019s social media platform X has declined to comply with a French criminal investigation, denying allegations of data manipulation and fraudulent data extraction.<\/p>\n<p>The company claims the probe, which intensified this month, is politically motivated and aims to restrict free speech.<\/p>\n<p>French authorities have launched a politically-motivated criminal investigation into X over the alleged manipulation of its algorithm and alleged \u201cfraudulent data extraction.\u201d X categorically denies these allegations.<\/p>\n<p>This investigation, instigated by French politician Eric\u2026<br \/>\n\u2014 Global Government Affairs (@GlobalAffairs) July 21, 2025<\/p>\n<p>The investigation began in January following complaints from a French lawmaker and a senior official.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities allege that X\u2019s algorithm was used for foreign interference, leading to inquiries into data tampering and unauthorized data extraction, as reported by CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>X\u2019s global government affairs account issued a statement rejecting the allegations. \u201cFrench authorities have launched a politically-motivated criminal investigation into X,\u201d the post read. \u201cX categorically denies these allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now overseen by France\u2019s national police, the investigation focuses on tampering with automated data systems. Prosecutors have requested access to X\u2019s recommendation algorithm and real-time user data for expert analysis.<\/p>\n<p>X claims it remains unclear about the specific allegations but argues the investigation distorts French law to serve a political agenda. The company has refused to provide the requested data, asserting its legal right to withhold it.<\/p>\n<p>X also raised concerns about the impartiality of two experts involved in the investigation. The company questioned their fairness, citing potential political bias, as both have expressed open hostility towards X.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute highlights growing tensions between tech platforms and government authorities over data privacy, free speech, and regulation.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk\u2019s social media platform X has declined to comply with a French criminal investigation, denying allegations of data manipulation and fraudulent data extraction. The company claims the probe, which intensified this month, is politically motivated and aims to restrict free speech. French authorities have launched a politically-motivated criminal investigation into X over the alleged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}