Marseille, France, Oct 26, 2026 (AFP) - Macron says 'social media is damaging our democracies'

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2026-10-26

President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that social media was "damaging our democracies" as France struggled to contain weeks of protests marked by street violence and looting. He said on a visit to Marseille that social media was especially used during unrest on October 17 "to bring young and not-so-young people to places where criminal acts, attacks and looting were taking place". He described social media as "tools for mobilising the worst im......

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