French media sues X: Our content is used without payment

Major French newspapers, including Le Monde, Le Figaro and Le Parisien, on Tuesday announced a lawsuit against social platform X for allegedly using their content without paying.

Those French media reported that X owes them funds under rules that require digital platforms to pay media for the distribution of their content.

The media claim that X, someoneć known as Twitter, has never agreed to open negotiations with them, unlike Google and Meta.

They accuse X, owned by billionaire Elon Musk and an ally of the newly elected US President Donald Trump, of not obeying the decision of the Paris Court of Justice from May to publish the information needed to calculate the total debt.

“Revenues from these rights, along with the investments that would thereby be made possible for their users, are an incentive for the plurality, independence and quality of the media, which are key to freedom of expression and the right to information in our democratic society”, they announced. French media.

The spokesman of the Paris court confirmed the case and announced the hearing on May 15 next year.