Leading French media sue X over content payments

PARIS: Several leading French newspapers said Tuesday that they are suing social media platform X, accusing it of running their content without payment.

The joint action against the social media company run by US billionaire Elon Musk is being led by Le Figaro, Les Echos, Le Parisien, Le Monde, Telerama, Courrier International, Huffington Post, Malesherbes Publications and Le Nouvel Obs, they said in a statement.