Social media site accused of violating law that requires platforms to pay media when republishing articles

Several leading French newspapers have said they are suing the social media platform X, accusing it of running their content without payment.

The joint action against the company run by the US billionaire Elon Musk is being led by several daily newspapers – Le Figaro, Les Echos, Le Parisien and Le Monde – and includes other titles such as the culture magazine Telerama, Courrier International, HuffPost, Malesherbes Publications and the Nouvel Obs news weekly.