Posted on 02/19/2026 9:02:36 PM PST by Angelino97
Speaking in New Delhi on Wednesday, France’s President Emmanuel Macron criticized social media companies over their pledged commitments to free speech and lack of algorithm transparency.
“Some of them claim to be in favor of free speech. We are in favor of free algorithms, totally transparent,” Macron said. “Free speech is pure bulls**t if nobody knows how you are guided to this so-called free speech.”
The remarks come as Macron and his government move to expand regulation of social media platforms in France. Paris is seeking to fast-track legislation that would ban social media access for children under 15 before the start of the next school year, alongside a planned prohibition on mobile phone use in French high schools beginning in the 2026–2027 academic year. Macron warned of the influence of what he called “Chinese algorithms.”
Those new steps by France follow the EU’s own censorship measures under the Digital Services Act, which created legal punishments for online “hate speech” throughout Europe.
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It looks like the missus needs to give him another lesson, if you get my drift.
You can’t stop the signal, Mel.
France needs to ban access to Islam.
In fact, every single country on planet earth needs to do so.
Yup.
As much as I detest Macron, phones out of the classrooms I fully understand.
As far as ‘chinese algorithms’ are concerned, I have heard from facebook savvy people that ads and content are indeed manipulated to a large extent by the chinese in subtle but recognizable ways.
America’s founders knew.
Yep, Make Persia Great Again.
“ Free speech is pure bulls**t if nobody knows how you are guided to this so-called free speech.”
He can’t imagine people have agency.
I did Nazi see this coming from Little Napoleon.
Macron is obviously sour because everyone refers to his “wife” as a tranny.
“France needs to ban access to Islam.”
Seems to be too late. Seems they’re running France and the UK now.
Free speech for me, Sharia Law for thee.
That's Macron exposed once again as an idiot tyrant.
If speech needs to be guided, then it is not FREE speech.
Rules for thee but not for me.
Typical oligarch/elitist mentality
The problem is his legislation would have you log into every website you visit with proof of your ID. Which basically means no online anonymity.
It’s a 1-2 punch: make “hate speech” to give the government the power to subpeona account data and then take away the right of anonymity.
Macaroon is irrelevant and will be gone soon.
Cheese eating surrender monkey.
I do see the value of rescuing France from totalitarianism and communinn
The Muslims are deeply imbedded and must be removed.
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Hey! Who gave him permission to speak?
She/he’s probably warming up the strap-on as we speak. . .
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