French Prosecutors Investigating X Algorithms for 'Foreign Interference'

French prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into X over allegations that the company owned by billionaire Elon Musk manipulated its algorithms for the purposes of “foreign interference.” Magistrate Laure Beccuau said in a statement that prosecutors had launched the probe and were looking into whether the social media giant broke French law by altering its algorithms and fraudulently extracting data from users.