Elon Musk announced on Monday that he would not cooperate with French authorities in their “politically motivated criminal investigations” against his social media platform, X.

The Paris public prosecutor’s office opened a probe against X in June in response to allegations by politician Eric Bothorel that the platform was performing “fraudulent data extraction” for “foreign interference purposes.”

A separate complaint said that X “now offers an enormous amount of hateful, racist, anti-LGBT+ and homophobic political content, which aims to skew the democratic debate in France.”

Musk has dismissed the allegations as “completely false” and says the probe “egregiously undermines X’s fundamental right to due process and threatens our users’ rights to privacy and free speech.”

“For these reasons, X has not acceded to the French authorities’ demands, as we have a legal right to do.”

“French authorities have requested access to X’s recommendation algorithm and real-time data about all user posts on the platform in order for several ‘experts’ to analyze the data and purportedly ‘uncover the truth’ about the operation of the X platform,” Musk wrote.

He claimed that two of the proposed experts are openly hostile towards X. One, David Chalaverias, leads a campaign called EscapeX, which calls for a mass exodus from the platform, citing a biased algorithm and “Elon Musk’s influence in European democracies.”

“The involvement of these individuals raises serious concerns about the impartiality, fairness, and political motivations of the investigation, to put it charitably,” Musk wrote.

He also noted that while X is “in the dark” about the exact nature of the allegations, French authorities have labeled the company as an “organized gang.” This designation, which is usually reserved for drug cartels or mafia groups, gives police greater investigative power, including the authorization to conduct searches, wiretaps, and surveillance against Musk and his employees. Noncompliance could result in an arrest warrant.

“Based on what we know so far, X believes that this investigation is distorting French law in order to serve a political agenda and, ultimately, restrict free speech,” he concluded.

This comes amidst a broader European movement to crack down on tech companies in the wake of the European Union’s 2022 Digital Services Act, and increasing disagreement between the United States and Europe on the limits of free speech.

The European Commission has already fined Apple and Meta millions of euros. It is in the middle of a drawn-out investigation into X, and has already found that X violated the Digital Services Act on three accounts, including “the transparency of its advertising; data access for researchers; and the use of blue check marks that connote trust but can be bought — which could constitute deceptive design.”

Musk said the EU tried to pressure X into censoring its users: “The European Commission offered X an illegal secret deal: if we quietly censored speech without telling anyone, they would not fine us.”

“The other platforms accepted that deal. X did not.”

The court battle between the Trump administration and Harvard University went before a federal judge in Boston on Monday as both parties seek a final ruling on the Ivy League school’s lawsuit over federal funding cuts.

Judge Allison D. Burroughs, who sided with Harvard in another case over the Trump administration’s attempt to block the university from enrolling foreign students, will likely signal on Monday where she stands on Harvard’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, The New York Times reported. Harvard sued the federal government in April after the Trump administration announced it would strip more than $2 billion in federal funding from the school, citing anti-Israel sentiment on the campus and its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

President Donald Trump has called Harvard “Anti-Semitic,” “Far-Left,” and “a threat to Democracy.”

“The place is a Liberal mess, allowing a certain group of crazed lunatics to enter and exit the classroom and spew fake ANGER AND HATE. It is truly horrific!” Trump added in April.

The federal antisemitism task force, established by the Trump Department of Justice earlier this year, demanded that Harvard submit to federal oversight and reform certain aspects of its admissions, hiring, and student discipline practices. Harvard refused to comply with the task force’s demands.

In its lawsuit, Harvard argues that the Trump administration is violating its First Amendment rights. Harvard also states that the funding freeze will harm essential scientific and medical research more than anything else.

“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Harvard’s President Alan M. Garber.

The court hearing comes as President Donald Trump continues to negotiate with the university. One month ago, Trump teased a “mindbogglingly HISTORIC” deal with Harvard that he said would be announced “over the next week or so.”

“They have acted extremely appropriately during these negotiations, and appear to be committed to doing what is right,” Trump said in a June 20 Truth Social post.

Harvard has promised to address antisemitism on its campus, and the Trump administration said it remains “confident that Harvard will eventually come around and support the president’s vision, and through good-faith conversations and negotiations, a good deal is more than possible.” Ahead of Monday’s hearing, White House spokesman Harrison Fields told CNN, “The Trump Administration’s proposition is simple and commonsense: Don’t allow antisemitism and DEI to run your campus, don’t break the law, and protect the civil liberties of all students.”

As Trump pushes Harvard to make a deal, he has ramped up pressure on the school to hand over information on foreign students. Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security sent administrative subpoenas to Harvard, accusing it of “repeatedly” refusing to cooperate with the Trump administration’s “non-coercive requests to hand over the required information for its Student Visitor and Exchange Program certification.”