France: General Directorate of National Gendarmerie investigation into X over alleged use of algorithm for foreign interference

Progress

Current status
under deliberation
09 Jul 2025 under deliberation

Scope

Implementers
France
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
ML and AI development
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

09 Jul 2025
under deliberation

General Directorate of National Gendarmerie opened investigation into X over suspected use of algorithm for foreign interference

On 9 July 2025, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office referred a case to the General Directorate of the National Gendarmerie for investigation into alleged foreign interference involving the algorithm of X (formerly Twitter). The referral follows reports fr…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type announcement
Government branch executive
Government body other regulatory body