From WIRED · Isabella Ward · · 1m 20s
France summons platforms over protest chaos
The French government held emergency meetings with TikTok, eBay and others to stop violent content spreading and stolen goods being resold online.
In brief
The French government held emergency meetings with TikTok, eBay and others to stop violent content spreading and stolen goods being resold online. France's government summoned six online platforms to emergency meetings after rioting and looting, demanding they moderate violent content and prevent resale of stolen…
Rioting spreads across France
Peaceful demonstrations against high living costs and strained public services erupted into rioting and looting of more than one thousand five hundred shops and businesses over the weekend.
Government summons social platforms
Anne Le Hananff, France's minister of digital affairs, convened representatives from six online platforms on Tuesday for an emergency meeting to remind them to moderate content including livestream video.
TikTok shows altered protest videos
A review by WIRED of TikTok found that the search term blocus showed videos potentially altered or AI-generated, including viral images of a protester in a Pink Panther costume.
Platforms agree to stop stolen goods sales
A separate meeting held Monday with Vinted, eBay, Amazon, LeBonCoin, Meta and TikTok resulted in an agreement to crack down on resale of looted goods and forward reports to investigators.
Platforms must report within forty eight hours
Platforms agreed to monitor ads for goods stolen during the protests and send the government reports of their actions, with the first one coming within forty eight hours, according to Serge Papin.
The one thing
France's government summoned six online platforms to emergency meetings after rioting and looting, demanding they moderate violent content and prevent resale of stolen goods.
