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US condemns French inquiry into Elon Musk's social media platform X

The US State Department has condemned the opening of an investigation by the French judiciary into Elon Musk's social network X © Dado Ruvic / Reuters

US officials have strongly condemned a criminal investigation by France into the social network X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk, on suspicion of foreign interference.

"As part of a criminal investigation, an activist French prosecutor is requesting information on X's proprietary algorithm and has classified X as an 'organized crime group,'" the US State Department's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor wrote on their X account.

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