"The Justice Department characterized the French probe as 'an effort to entangle the United States in a politically charged criminal proceeding aimed at wrongfully regulating through prosecution the business activities of a social media platform.'"
"'This investigation seeks to use the criminal legal system in France to regulate a public square for the free expression of ideas and opinions in a manner contrary to the First Amendment of the United States Constitution,' the DOJ wrote in letter."
"'We are grateful to the Justice Department for rejecting this effort by a prosecutor in Paris to compel our CEO and several employees to sit for interviews,' an xAI official stated."
The US Department of Justice is backing X, owned by Elon Musk, during a criminal investigation in France. The DOJ views the French probe as an attempt to improperly regulate the platform's business through prosecution. France's investigation, initiated in July, accuses X of algorithm manipulation and fraudulent data extraction. French authorities have conducted raids and summoned Musk and former CEO Linda Yaccarino for interviews. The DOJ argues that the investigation contradicts the First Amendment rights in the US, while X maintains its innocence and labels the investigation as baseless.
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