DOJ refuses to help French authorities in criminal probe of X

The US Justice Department refused to assist France’s criminal probe of X, saying the case could amount to speech regulation that conflicts with the First Amendment.

French authorities had already raided X’s Paris office and summoned Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino over allegations of algorithm manipulation and fraudulent data extraction.

The dispute underscores rising tensions over cross-border regulation of social media platforms and the clash between French enforcement and US free-speech protections.