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PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of police officers will be deployed in France on Sunday night as Paris Saint-Germain takes on Chelsea in the Club World Cup final thousands of miles away in the United States. French officials have warned that no fan misbehavior will be tolerated after violence in the country marred celebrations of PSG winning its first …

Belgium’s Tim Merlier won his second stage at this year’s Tour de France on Sunday, outsprinting Jonathan Milan and Arnaud De Lie in Châteauroux, but the real story of the day was an incredible day-long break from Alpecin-Deceuninck pair Mathieu van der Poel and Jonas Rickaert. The duo attacked from the flag in Chinon, with Van der Poel eventually hanging …

France Opens Criminal Investigation into Musk’s X  PCMag French probe of Musk’s X deepens as police are called in  Reuters France opens criminal probe into X algorithms under Musk  The Hill France launches criminal investigation into Musk’s X over algorithm manipulation  politico.eu France opens criminal investigation into X for alleged algorithmic manipulation  Cointelegraph Source link

On the eighth day, the Tour de France rested. After seven days of intense racing, the riders opted to ease the pace and aggression on the road to Laval, riding at a steady pace for much of the 171km stage 8 into central France and the La Mayenne department. The average stage speed had been high on most days during …

A complaint that sparked the initial January inquiry accused X of spreading “an enormous amount of hateful, racist, anti-LGBT+ and homophobic political content, which aims to skew the democratic debate in France.” POLITICO has reached out to X for comment. The investigation lands as X is increasingly under fire from regulators in Paris and Brussels. Two French parliamentarians referred the platform …

Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) joked that when he next goes for a Tour de France sprint, “I’ll post it on Twitter”, after telling the media at the start that he would be skipping out on any bunch kick into Laval on Saturday. Three hours and 50 minutes after pulling the wool over journalists’ eyes in Saint-Méen-le-Grand, his silver …

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors have launched a police investigation into alleged data tampering and fraud involving X, Elon Musk’s social media platform. The Paris prosecutor’s office, in a statement Friday, announced the opening of the investigation, and said that a branch of the French gendarmerie is conducting the inquiry. The investigation is looking into two alleged offenses “in particular” …