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France Summons Musk Over X Misconduct Probe

Is X a lawless platform enabling child exploitation or a free speech battleground under authoritarian legal siege?

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France Summons Musk Over X Misconduct Probe

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Above: The X logo on a mobile device in a photo taken in Warsaw, Poland, on Feb. 16. Image credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto/Getty Images

The Spin

Left narrative

Grok's AI-generated explicit images — including of minors — expose a platform that has abandoned basic accountability. Musk responded to victims with laugh-cry emojis while xAI auto-replied to press inquiries with 'Legacy Media Lies.' Advertisers like Google, Apple and Amazon need to stop bankrolling a platform that enables illegal child sexual content to be created in the first place.

USA Today Corporate Europe Observatory

Right narrative

France's probe into X rests on a brand-new legal theory cooked up by a Macron MP, essentially arguing Musk 'hacked' his own platform by adjusting its algorithm. The U.S. State Department was right to call this out as foreign censorship dressed up in legalese. Governments that silence speech they dislike under the banner of 'disinformation' are the ones with something to hide.

Arnaud Bertrand on X The Hill