The Constitutional Council also rejected provisions requiring all internet users to provide identity verification before accessing social media platforms, citing concerns about government monitoring and surveillance of citizens. Despite this clear judicial rebuke, Emmanuel Macron immediately instructed Defense Minister Sébastien Lecornu to draw up a “legally robust” version of the ban, promising “absolute determination” to implement the measure by spring 2027. A pattern of restrictions on speech This is not the first time France’s Constitutional Council has blocked Macron’s efforts to control information and speech. On December 8, 2017, the court struck down provisions supported by the International League Against...
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