Posted on 07/03/2023 3:40:17 PM PDT by thegagline
In France, a storm is brewing (again), and French President Emmanuel Macron appears to have figured it all out – it’s social media and video games that are to blame for the ongoing riots in France!
This came following four nights of rioting initially triggered by the fatal police shooting of a Muslim teenager, Nahel M.
Macron’s comments are hardly original, yet they warrant scrutiny from a free speech perspective.
One cannot help but raise an eyebrow as President Macron pleads with social media giants to erase the “most sensitive” content pertaining to the rioting. With a wave of his hand, he decrees, “platforms and networks are playing a major role in the events of recent days.” His words, veiled under a guise of concern, echo a familiar tune that has been played on the world stage before.
“We’ve seen them; Snapchat, TikTok and several others, serve as places where violent gatherings have been organized, but there’s also a form of mimicry of the violence which for some young people leads them to lose touch with reality.
“You get the impression that for some of them they are experiencing on the street the video games that have intoxicated them,” he added.
It’s fascinating that social media platforms and video games are often the easiest targets when those in power look for a scapegoat. It’s like a well-rehearsed performance: when there’s unrest, point fingers at technology. Surely, Snapchat and TikTok are not centuries-old entities that have been brewing riots since the French Revolution.
Is it not reasonable to ponder if this fervor in urging platforms to suppress content may serve a dual purpose? On the surface, it appears to be an act of preventing violence, but does it not also conveniently serve as an avenue for controlling narratives and stifling voices? *** The situation is precarious, with more than 200 police officers injured, and 875 people arrested. The nation watches on as buildings are torched and stores are looted.
Tha islamics and macro and his policies are to blame.
I always thought it was talk radio that causes the problems
Yeah he wasn't the only one. His predecessors imported millions of North Africans for cheap labor. They shouldn't have done that because they were not compatible with the French way of life. But here we are today.
It’s really amazing how many times we and others have been
told to shut up, while they do stuff like this and then
finally wind up understanding in the end.
I’m not saying they’ll admit we were right, but they damn
well know it.
It’s the WEF working its magic around the globe.
I still say the WEF is the first place I’d start thinning
the herd if I were trying to get things back to normal.
And after all, it’s what the WEF has championed, a lot
less people on the planet.
The Arabs are pissed off but the Blacks are just trying to make a living. I'm not that familiar with what's happening in France so I may be mistaken. Is religion a factor? I assume it is. Some Blacks are Christian.
[Strasbourg]
Ah, home of the European Union’s Tower of Babel!
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