DOJ refuses to assist French authorities in prison probe of X

The US Department of Justice is siding with X, because the social media platform owned by Elon Musk navigates a prison investigation unfolding in France. As first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the Justice Division characterised the French probe as “an effort to entangle america in a politically charged prison continuing aimed toward wrongfully regulating via prosecution the enterprise actions of a social media platform.”

France launched its investigation into X in July, accusing the platform of manipulating its algorithm and “fraudulent information extraction.” Months later, French authorities raided X’s office in Paris and issued summonses to Musk and Linda Yaccarino, the previous CEO of X, to seem for interviews on April 20 as a part of the probe. In response to WSJ, French officers are additionally investigating X for different costs, together with disseminating CSAM and Holocaust denial. Nonetheless, France’s newest transfer to ask the Division of Justice for help has been stonewalled.

“This investigation seeks to make use of the prison authorized system in France to manage a public sq. for the free expression of concepts and opinions in a fashion opposite to the First Modification of america Structure,” the DOJ wrote in letter, as seen by WSJ.

An xAI official advised WSJ that it is “grateful to the Justice Division for rejecting this effort by a prosecutor in Paris to compel our CEO and a number of other workers to take a seat for interviews.” The corporate spokesperson additionally stated there was “no wrongdoing” and that it was a “baseless investigation.”