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US Justice Department refuses to assist French probe into Musk’s X, WSJ reports
The Justice Department said France’s requests would wrongly regulate a public platform and violate the First Amendment, according to the Wall Street Journal.
- On Saturday, The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States Justice Department declined to assist French prosecutors investigating Elon Musk's platform X, citing a Friday letter from the DOJ's Office of International Affairs.
- French authorities launched an investigation in July, accusing the platform of manipulating algorithms and "fraudulent data extraction," then raided Paris offices and issued summonses for Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino to appear for interviews on April 20.
- The DOJ letter argued the probe seeks to regulate a "public square" contrary to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution, describing France's requests as an "effort to entangle the United States in a politically charged criminal proceeding."
- An xAI official expressed gratitude that the Justice Department rejected the effort to compel interviews, stating there was "no wrongdoing" and urging prosecutors to "terminate their baseless investigation."
- Beyond the algorithmic probe, French officials are also investigating the platform for disseminating CSAM and Holocaust denial, reflecting broader global regulatory pressure X faces regarding content moderation and compliance with local laws.
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The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office asserts that the presence of the billionaire is not essential to the continuation of investigations, which are part of a "constructive approach" to ensure that the platform complies with French laws.
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The US multibillionaire is expected, in open hearing, as part of an investigation into its social network X (ex-Twitter).
Since its acquisition in 2022 by Elon Musk, the social network has been the subject of numerous accusations. The investigation concerns, among other things, the manipulation of the algorithm of recommendation of content, the dissemination of negationist statements and unconsented sexualized photomontages.
In early February, justice marked X's offices and summoned Musk, 54, to explain the alleged excesses on his social network.
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