Agence France-Presse, the French news service, said Wednesday that it is taking legal action against Elon Musk’s X, alleging that the social media company, formerly known as Twitter, is refusing to negotiate payment terms for the agency’s news content.
In 2019, France adopted sweeping European Union copyright rules that force social media companies to pay publishers for certain types of content. Google has agreed to pay French publishers for news content after months of negotiations.
"These rights were established to enable news agencies and publishers to be remunerated by digital platforms which retain most of the monetary value generated by the distribution of news content," the agency said in its statement.
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