X challenges the decision of the German court which obliges him to share the electoral data – politico

The complainants, democracy reporting International (DRI) and Society for Civil Rights (GFF), alleged that X had prevented them from following the potential elections interference by not giving them access to key commitment data such as that likes, shares and visibility measures.

“X questions the question of whether the German court is competent to hear the case, since the siege of X is in Ireland. Said in a reaction.

The court declared that an hearing should follow the objection of X, but that no date had been set.

X did not immediately respond to the request for politico comments.

The DSA requires platforms to share data with researchers for certain studies. The commission already accused X in July of last year of having violated the DSA so as not to meet the requirements concerning access to data. He also questioned Meta last year on his decision to close Crowdtangle of the research tool.

Multiple reports of civil society organizations have found evidence of the foreign interference supported by Russia in the German elections scheduled for Sunday, February 23.