US EditionMacron Blasts Social Media’s Free Speech Defense
Macron condemned social media firms for opaque algorithms that enable misinformation and hate speech, advocating age limits and phone bans in schools to protect democracy and youth.
- On Wednesday, French President Emmanuel Macron criticized social media companies' free-speech defense as `pure bullshit`, saying platforms lack understanding of their algorithms.
- As part of DSA enforcement, the European Commission opened a January probe into X's AI chatbot Grok, while French authorities raided X's Paris offices in early February over alleged algorithm manipulation and illegal content.
- Calling for algorithm transparency, Macron outlined penalties and society mobilization, including schools and the justice system, to enforce ineligibility for anti-Semitic and racist acts.
- Macron's remarks and regulatory push have put him on a collision course with the Trump administration, raising risks of transatlantic tension, as critics like JD Vance, Marco Rubio, and Elon Musk have sharply condemned EU tech regulation.
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Macron on Tech Companies: “Free Speech Is Pure Bulls**t”
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 governme…
Macron calls free speech ‘pure bulls***’ while blasting tech company executives
French President Emmanuel Macron blasted tech company executives of social media platforms over refusals to limit or restrict speech. While speaking before a crowd in New Delhi, India, on Wednesday, Macron said the excuse used by tech executives citing free speech as the basis for the refusal to limit speech was “pure bulls***.” “Some of them claim to be in favor of free speech. We are in favor of free algorithms, totally transparent,” said Macr…
Free speech is pure bulls***t: Emmanuel Macron takes aim at big tech
French President Emmanuel Macron blasted social media platforms in India, calling unrestricted free speech pure bulls***t without transparent algorithms and warning of serious democratic risks from opaque digital systems.
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