Elon musk's x platform investigated in france for alleged data tampering and fraud
The investigation is looking into two alleged offenses in particular – organized tampering with the functioning of an automated data processing system and organized fraudulent extraction of data from an automated data processing system, the statement said. It didn't give details of the alleged wrongdoing. It said that the investigation is targeting both the platform and people without naming them or saying what role they might have within X.
The prosecutors office said that it was acting on information that two people provided in January to its cybercrimes unit. One of them is a member of parliament, and the other is a senior official in a French government institution. It didn't identify them or the institution. It said the two people alleged the suspected use of X's algorithm for the purposes of foreign interference. It didn't detail the alleged interference or how the algorithm was allegedly used.
The prosecutors office said that it decided this week to open the police investigation after conducting its own verifications and having received additional information from French researchers and various public institutions. The Associated Press has emailed X's press office seeking comment.
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