Elon Musk in a black suit clasps his hands on stage at the VivaTech conference, and the white-on-blue AFP logo displayed on a TV screen
Elon Musk and the AFP logo.
  • Agence France-Presse is taking legal action against Twitter related to payment for sharing news.
  • It accused Elon Musk's platform of a "clear refusal" to discuss compensation.
  • Google was fined 500 million euros in 2021 for failing to negotiate renumeration "in good faith."

Twitter, now known as X, is facing another lawsuit — this time from the world's oldest news agency, Agence France-Press.