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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

Elon Musk’s X investigated in France for alleged data tampering and fraud

French prosecutors have launched a police investigation into Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, over allegations of data tampering and fraud.

The Paris prosecutor's office announced on Friday that a branch of the French gendarmerie is conducting the inquiry. The investigation is specifically examining two alleged offences: "organised tampering with the functioning of an automated data processing system" and "organised fraudulent extraction of data from an automated data processing system."

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