According to TechFlow, on November 13, Forbes reported that several mainstream French media groups, including Les Echos and Le Parisien owned by Europe's richest man Bernard Arnault, announced a joint lawsuit against Platform X on November 13, 2024. The media group accused Platform X of violating the EU's "neighboring rights" directive and using its news content without paying fees.
Previously, AFP also filed a similar lawsuit against X, and the court hearing is scheduled for May 15, 2025. It is worth noting that this will be the first legal confrontation between Arnault, who is worth $164 billion, and Elon Musk, the current world's richest man with a net worth of $319 billion. On May 24, the Paris court asked X to provide business data within two months to assess its revenue from media content, but X has not complied with the decision so far.
