AFP sues Musk’s X for refusing to enter news reuse payment talks

that the Agence France-Presse (AFP) news agency is suing Elon Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter) for copyright infringement in France. AFP claims that X has refused to discuss remuneration for sharing its news content. AFP is seeking an urgent injunction to obtain the necessary information to calculate the money owed to them under France's neighboring rights legislation. The extension of copyright law covers excerpts of news content shared on digital platforms, including text, photographs, videos, and infographics. Google has previously faced legal action and a fine for failing to negotiate payments with news publishers. X's case may not trigger intervention from the competition authority as it does not hold a dominant position in search or social media.