AFP has just announced in a press release the launch of legal action against Twitter, which has become X.
X (Twitter) has many ideas to try to increase his income, such as offering the sale of items by the piece. But for that, it would already be necessary to improve relations with specialists in the field. And in view of the AFP complaint, it is not won.
X (Twitter) kicks back
Relations between the media and X (Twitter) have never been good since Elon Musk took over the network, as is perfectly illustrated by the automatic response in the form of a poo emoji that replaced the press relations service. So, as much to say that the new complaint filed by Agence France Press (AFP) should not improve the atmosphere.
AFP has just announced in a press release that it has seized the ” Court of Justice of Paris in summary proceedings, so that Twitter is ordered to communicate to it, in accordance with the law, all the elements necessary for the evaluation of the remuneration which is due to it under the related right. »
Related rights in question
Because according to legislation passed in France in 2019 on “related rights”, the major social networks have an obligation to initiate discussions with the media that have requested them with a view to obtaining remuneration in return for the dissemination of their content on said platform. An obligation to which, according to AFP, X absolutely does not want to submit. For a reason expressed by Elon Musk, directly on his platform.
” It’s weird. They want us to pay them for traffic to their site where they can generate advertising revenue, and we don’t? “, he exclaimed on his account. A precedent already exists in this area, since Google had to suffer a fine of 500 million euros in 2021 for not having followed the procedure correctly, before finally reaching an agreement with larger houses.
Sources: AFP, Reuters
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