alt Hacker NewsFrance24 article on this: https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260203-paris-prosecutor...
lol, they summoned Elon for a hearing on 420
"Summons for voluntary interviews on April 20, 2026, in Paris have been sent to Mr. Elon Musk and Ms. Linda Yaccarino, in their capacity as de facto and de jure managers of the X platform at the time of the events,
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miltonlost • yesterday at 6:20 PM
I wonder how he'll try to get out of being summoned. Claim 4/20 is a holiday that he celebrates?
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xdennis • yesterday at 10:39 PM
> lol, they summoned Elon for a hearing on 420
No. It's 20 April in the rest of the world: 204.
>The Paris prosecutor's office said it launched the investigation after being contacted by a lawmaker alleging that biased algorithms in X were likely to have distorted the operation of an automated data processing system.
I'm not at all familiar with French law, and I don't have any sympathy for Elon Musk or X. That said, is this a crime?
Distorted the operation how? By making their chatbot more likely to say stupid conspiracies or something? Is that even against the law?