Get the latest tech news
France investigates X over alleged algorithm-driven foreign interference
French authorities have launched an investigation into allegations that social media platform X, formerly Twitter, manipulated its algorithm to enable...
French authorities have launched an investigation into allegations that social media platform X, formerly Twitter, manipulated its algorithm to enable foreign interference, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Friday. Investigators will be examining actions of the company, and its senior managers, after two complaints were filed in January, prosecutor Laure Beccuau said, without specifically mentioning X owner Elon Musk. He reported a "major modification in the algorithm used by the X platform, which today offers a huge amount of political content that is hateful, racist, anti-LGBTQ (or) homophobic, and aims to skew democratic debate in France," it said.
Or read this on r/technology
