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Musk Says French Greens’ Presidential Candidate Should Be ‘Shut Down’

She urged stricter enforcement of the European Digital Services Act and said platforms that fail to curb disinformation could face temporary election bans.

  • Marine Tondelier, national secretary of the French Greens, proposed banning the social network during election periods if foreign interference is detected, arguing that services failing to remove problematic content or transmit information must face sanctions.
  • In an interview with Lib, Tondelier described the platform, owned by Elon Musk, as a "source of fake news" with a "rigged algorithm" that impacts disinformation daily, arguing it should be treated as a content editor.
  • Tondelier accused Musk of holding a "supremacist ideology" and supporting Pen, while also criticizing the influence of Vincent Bollor on media concentration.
  • Following the Ceuta migration crisis, former European commissioner Thierry Breton urged the Union to secure its "digital borders," characterizing the event as a large-scale "hybrid algorithmic attack" that requires robust defenses.
  • Strict enforcement of the European Digital Services Act is necessary, Tondelier said, to counter foreign interference before the 2027 presidential election, including potential temporary bans on the social network for non-compliance.
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The owner of the social network X and the ecologist candidate for the French presidential election responded with interposed publications. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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Lean Left

Elon Musk, who campaigns for far-right parties in Europe, attacked Marine Tondelier, for claiming that she is trying to interfere in the elections through X. The post France: Musk declared war on the leader of the Ecologist Tondelier – He accused her of “betraying” her country appeared first on in.gr.

·Greece
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Center

The ecological candidate in the presidential and the boss of X multiplied the virulent exchanges after a proposal by the leader of the Ecologists to ban the social network in case of interferences

·France
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Liberation broke the news in Paris, France on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
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