The French president has raised the idea of limiting or even cutting off access to social media platforms during episodes of urban violence – a practice until now reserved for authoritarian regimes.

The French president has raised the idea of limiting or even cutting off access to social media platforms during episodes of urban violence – a practice until now reserved for authoritarian regimes.

  • Mereo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So instead of tackling the source of problem, they are using authoritarian regimes toolkits.

    • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      What exactly are they hoping to achieve with that?

      Likely to disrupt the ability of anyone protesting against the government to coordinate, using the current riots as an excuse for that. Macron is basically what you get when a Spez becomes president of a government.