Macron's call to 'cut off' social media during riots sparks backlash in France"We have to think about the social networks, about the bans we'll have to put in place. When things get out of control, we might need to be able to regulate or cut them off," Macron told a meeting of mayors on Tuesday according to media reports.
Macron and his ministers have singled out platforms like Snapchat, TikTok and encrypted messenger Telegram for their role in spreading images of the nights of violence following the June 27 police shooting of a 17-year-old *****ager, Nahel M.
"When (social media) becomes a tool for organising or for attempting to kill, it's a real problem," Macron said.
Remember, 'temporary' losses of freedom in the name of security are never given back to you later. Once lost, they're gone. France has really gone above and beyond lately to show that they are not friends of online privacy.
righttoprivacy wrote
speaking of which, 2 weeks before election, Macron actually campaigned against anonymity online: “In a democratic society, there should be no anonymity. You can’t walk around in the street wearing a hood. On the Internet, people allow themselves, because they are hooded behind a pseudonym, to say the worst abjections”