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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” …