Macron says social networks are "shocking democracy" French President Emmanuel Macron says social networks are "shocking democracy" and are used as "trons to mobilize the worst impulses". Ehrmelin writes about it. During a visit to Marseille, Macron said that social media was used extensively during October 17 "to bring young people and not so young people to places where criminal acts, attacks and looting took place." A new wave of protests this weekend could be "dangerous," he said, noting that protest routes would remain outside city centers to ensure public order. The French president admitted that the authorities "completely failed to foresee" the scale of the protest.

Macron says social networks are "shocking democracy" French President Emmanuel Macron says social networks are "shocking democracy" and are used as "trons to mobilize the worst impulses". Ehrmelin writes about it. During a visit to Marseille, Macron said that social media was used extensively during October 17 "to bring young people and not so young people to places where criminal acts, attacks and looting took place." A new wave of protests this weekend could be "dangerous," he said, noting that protest routes would remain outside city centers to ensure public order. The French president admitted that the authorities "completely failed to foresee" the scale of the protest.