Musk Says French Greens’ Presidential Candidate Should Be ‘Shut Down’
She urged stricter enforcement of the European Digital Services Act and said platforms that fail to curb disinformation could face temporary election bans.
- Marine Tondelier, national secretary of the French Greens, proposed banning the social network during election periods if foreign interference is detected, arguing that services failing to remove problematic content or transmit information must face sanctions.
- In an interview with Lib, Tondelier described the platform, owned by Elon Musk, as a "source of fake news" with a "rigged algorithm" that impacts disinformation daily, arguing it should be treated as a content editor.
- Tondelier accused Musk of holding a "supremacist ideology" and supporting Pen, while also criticizing the influence of Vincent Bollor on media concentration.
- Following the Ceuta migration crisis, former European commissioner Thierry Breton urged the Union to secure its "digital borders," characterizing the event as a large-scale "hybrid algorithmic attack" that requires robust defenses.
- Strict enforcement of the European Digital Services Act is necessary, Tondelier said, to counter foreign interference before the 2027 presidential election, including potential temporary bans on the social network for non-compliance.
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VIDEO - On X, billionaire Elon Musk and Marine Tondelier had strong exchanges. Accused of "treason towards France", the ecologist candidate for the presidential election replied that she preferred "to be accused of defending democracy rather than trying to buy it."
The owner of the social network X and the ecologist candidate for the French presidential election responded with interposed publications. ...
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milletnews.comFrance's Green Party leader, Elon Musk spar over call to ban X during presidential election
France's Green Party leader and presidential candidate Marine Tondelier sparred with Elon Musk on Thursday after she called for his social media platform X to be banned during France's 2027 presidential election.
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After proposing to ban X in the event of interference during the presidential campaign, the chief of the Ecologists Marine Tondelier was accused on Thursday of "treason to France" by Elon Musk.
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