Reporters Without Borders files complaint against social network

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) announced that it was filing a complaint against the social network X, in a press release published on Wednesday November 13. The organization accuses the platform of having left online, despite multiple reports, pro-Russian propaganda messages usurping its identity.

In mid-September, RSF denounced the use of its logo and image in a doctored video presented as a BBC report and describing an alleged study by the NGO which demonstrated the presence of neo-Nazi militants in the ranks of the Ukrainian army. This study never existed, and the video impersonated the BBC. The format of the latter, widely relayed on of Mondeof Parisian or from 20 Minutes.

Despite multiple reports of the video and its copies to the X moderation teams, “none of our requests resulted in the removal of content defaming our organization and one of its directors, usurping their identity and undermining their representation”writes RSF.

In France, as in most countries, social networks are not criminally liable for messages published by their users, provided that they delete illegal content reported to them within a reasonable time. “The impunity claimed by social networkdeclares Emmanuel Daoud, RSF lawyer quoted in the association's press release.