French prosecutors summon Elon Musk over alleged child abuse images on X (www.theguardian.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 10:37
https://lemmy.world/post/45839223

Elon Musk has been summoned to Paris, where investigators are looking into allegations of misconduct related to the social media platform X, including the spread of child sexual abuse material and deepfake content.

The world’s richest man and Linda Yaccarino – the former chief executive of X – were on Monday summoned for “voluntary interviews”, while other employees of the platform were scheduled to be heard as witnesses throughout this week, the Paris prosecutor’s office said.

It remains unclear whether Musk and Yaccarino will travel to Paris. A spokesperson for X did not respond to questions from Associated Press and Yaccarino’s current company, eMed, did not answer a request sent to the press email.

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kescusay@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 11:01 next collapse

Alleged? Grok literally made a bunch of them. Normally, I’m in favor of giving the benefit of the doubt, but there is no doubt here.

neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works on 20 Apr 12:30 collapse

While I agree with you, It’s the legal vs common term. Alleged is going to be in the headlines until a court rules one way or the other definitively. That’s how most legal systems work.

It is irritating how it comes across like it downplays the charges though, but in a sane world, people are supposed to understand this and the court of public opinion will already have its mind made up. Because we all saw it happen live.

0li0li@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 12:18 next collapse

Those platforms should be proceduted just like if Fox showed child abuse videos as part of their programming. You want to allow anybody to produce and post content? You should make sure they don’t fuck up and follow the rules. If they don’t, that’s on you for greenlighting and distributing.

finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 14:04 collapse

He won’t. No balls.