Quelle surprise! Twitter faces criminal probe in France • Graham Cluley
A criminal investigation into Twitter has been initiated by French prosecutors, over allegations that its algorithm is manipulated for the purposes of “foreign interference.”
The probe focuses on claims that Twitter’s algorithms were altered to distort user discourse and potentially mislead users. Hmm… as if!!!
Earlier this year Elon Musk’s site was accused of spreading “an enormous amount of hateful, racist, anti-LGBT+ and homophobic political content, which aims to skew the democratic debate in France.”
The criminal investigation is also looking into if Twitter/X fraudulently extracted data from users.
I’d like to see more organisations (and indeed governments) ditch Twitter/X permanently, and go somewhere more positive instead. Bluesky anybody? Mastodon?
