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Offices belonging to Elon Musk's social media platform, X, in France are being raided by the Paris prosecutor.

Its cyber-crime unit is conducting the searches, it said in a statement on X. Europol is assisting.

It added it was related to an investigation opened in January 2025 following complaints about X's algorithm and the content it recommended.

In its statement, the prosecutor's office said the operation formed part of efforts to ensure X complied with French laws. It said the probe, led by French cyber-crime police, was expanded in July 2025 after reports of sexually explicit deepfakes and holocaust denial content circulating on the platform.

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[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 40 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

I'm still wondering why any of our government structure is using X or TikTok and not Mastodon, I mean the press will "FOR SURE" fetch the info there like they do with trump

[–] Doubarakau@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 14 points 7 hours ago

Amen ! Government officials could even create and manage their own instance.

[–] baguette@piefed.social 14 points 8 hours ago

Especially since mastodon is accessible for anyone, whether they have a mastodon account or not.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

It seems like most people are still clinging to the idea that wherever the biggest audience is is where you have to be. Same thing when Facebook facilitated genocide and people were like "yeah but how will I learn about events my friends are having without Facebook". Basically "nothing is more important than me not having to slightly change how I currently operate".

[–] ubee40@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It’s also the algorithm that’s at work. Meta and X know how to give that dopamine hit.