Paris/Sacramento, July 12 -- Citing algorithm manipulation for enabling foreign interference, and unwarranted data extraction, the Paris prosecutor's office announced yesterday that the social media platform X is under investigation by French police.
At this stage, X is primarily accused of two offences - "impairing the operation of an automated data processing system by an organised group," and "fraudulently extracting data from an automated data processing system by an organised group," Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a press release.
The investigation has been assigned to the Directorate-General of the National Gendarmerie (DGGN), Beccuau added.
In January, the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor's office received ...