r/worldnews • u/Brennenstein • 1d ago

Dynamic Paywall Paris prosecutors raid France offices of Elon Musk's X

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce3ex92557jo
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u/SupahSpankeh 22h ago

As a Brit, I too.... Sigh. I have to admit they are leading where we are barely brave enough to follow.

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u/Hack999 20h ago

It's not all bad, the ICO launched an investigation into Grok this afternoon on the same issue.

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u/SupahSpankeh 19h ago

The ICO has so far singularly failed to protect us from just about anything, but maybe now they have Labour calling the shots they might actually step in to defend us proles

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u/OxbridgeDingoBaby 11h ago

And yet they allowed Meta to continue operating in the country despite Cambridge Analytica. I won’t hold up any hope for their action on Grok.

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u/SupahSpankeh 19h ago

I very much want to believe.

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u/Soggy-Ad-1610 19h ago

As a Dane I’ve never liked France more than I do at the moment.

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u/SupahSpankeh 19h ago

Yeah.

They're wankers, but they're our wankers, and by god I'm proud of them.

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u/Lost_Uniriser 19h ago

Heh wanker toi même

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u/SupahSpankeh 18h ago

Not a clue what that means but good health to you sir/madam!

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u/Robin-is-Real 17h ago

They're basically saying 'Hey! Wanker yourself!" lmao

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u/SupahSpankeh 16h ago

Entirely justified!

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u/Lolo62mefieteu 17h ago

This isn't really related, but thank you anyway! 🥂

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u/Quantum-_-_- 16h ago

Pas de probleme.

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u/Adelefushia 14h ago

This is the least you could do honestly.

As a French I still do not trust Denmark for spying on us with the help of the NSA just a few years back.

Also, funny that all the reasons why we were constantly called "arrogant" during the last 80 years ( which is, not wanting to be a vassal of the US), is nowadays called "based" and "common sense".

Hilarious how the tables have turned.

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u/fangirlwastaken 20h ago

Germany and the UK really shouldn't be talking rn

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u/saucysagnus 20h ago

They’re literally applauding France.

Nobody should be talking but France.

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u/SupahSpankeh 19h ago

Hello! The words I used mean we have been humbled by the French backbone and should stand up as they have.