Onlookers have long suspected that Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has a right-wing bias embedded in its digital DNA, and, in January of this year, cybercrime authorities in France took it upon themselves to uncover whether this was true or not.

In a lengthy statement issued earlier today, Elon Musk’s X slammed the criminal investigation launched by French authorities into its algorithm as “politically motivated” and said it won’t comply with their demands in order to defend itself against “political censorship.

Elon Musk's social media platform X on Monday accused French prosecutors of launching a "politically-motivated criminal investigation" that threatens its users' free speech, denying all allegations and saying it would not comply with the probe.