🇫🇷 French independent outlet Blast published a letter from Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, dated October 22, ordering France's main telecom operators to prepare to block social media within hours of his order. The letter cites the riots in several French cities on October 17 and 18 and claims that social networks were used to coordinate violence, sweatshops and the movement of groups around the police. LaCorn says he wants the power to "temporarily suspend" access to Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram using DNS filtering, for "a few hours," if unrest reoccurs. "The weekend of October 24 and 25 can be fixed," the letter said, and the operators were asked to prepare the technical steps immediately. According to Blast, Orange, SFR, Free and Bouygues Telecom were asked to be ready to cut X also, and voice doubts in a follow-up meeting. This is not the first time. In 2024, Paris blocked TikTok in New Caledonia during unrest there, before France's highest administrative court, the Council of State, ruled against the government. @DDGeopolitics.

🇫🇷 French independent outlet Blast published a letter from Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, dated October 22, ordering France's main telecom operators to prepare to block social media within hours of his order. The letter cites the riots in several French cities on October 17 and 18 and claims that social networks were used to coordinate violence, sweatshops and the movement of groups around the police. LaCorn says he wants the power to "temporarily suspend" access to Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram using DNS filtering, for "a few hours," if unrest reoccurs. "The weekend of October 24 and 25 can be fixed," the letter said, and the operators were asked to prepare the technical steps immediately. According to Blast, Orange, SFR, Free and Bouygues Telecom were asked to be ready to cut X also, and voice doubts in a follow-up meeting. This is not the first time. In 2024, Paris blocked TikTok in New Caledonia during unrest there, before France's highest administrative court, the Council of State, ruled against the government. @DDGeopolitics.