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Influencers poised to shake up France's 2027 presidential race

French influencers are set to play a key role in the 2027 presidential campaign. More than half of under-25s cite social media and video platforms as their main source of information, according to a survey published in January 2026 by French media regulator Arcom.

France 24

French right-wing broadcaster shares fake magazine cover of French National Assembly president

Political commentators mocked Yaël Braun-Pivet, president of France’s National Assembly, for featuring on the cover of tabloid magazine "Closer" on 4 May, except that the image was made by AI.

Euronews

New Saint-Denis mayor sues TV channel CNews over racist comments

Bally Bagayoko, the first mayor from the hard-left France Unbowed party to win a major French city, has filed a lawsuit against television channel CNews for airing racist comments about him.

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France orders ISPs to block Russian media sites in propaganda crackdown

France's regulator ARCOM has ordred French internet providers to block 35 Russian media sites and dereference four streaming platforms under EU sanctions.

Euronews

France probes Vinted over alleged exposure of children to pornographic content

France’s child protection chief demanded probe into second-hand clothes platform Vinted after ads were found redirecting users to adult websites.

Euronews

The age verification era: Which EU countries are restricting access to adult sites?

Italy is the latest European country to pass sweeping age-verification laws that force users to prove they’re at least 18 before accessing adult websites.

Euronews

‘Enforced veganism’: Ofcom lets GB News flout accuracy rules, say climate campaigners

Exclusive: Regulator has received 1,221 complaints about UK broadcasters since 2020 but found no breaches of its code

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Age verification services are on the rise. What do they do with our data?

What information is an age verification provider supposed to collect when checking ID?

Euronews

Death of abused streamer Jean Pormanove was not result of trauma, prosecutor says

Jean Pormanove died on Monday after enduring several days of violence and humiliation broadcast on platform Kick

The Independent UK

Famous Streamer Passes Away Live On Air After 10 Days Of Cruelty, Leaves Final Message

"Horrible look for Kick. Damning, really."

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Elon Musk's X Under Criminal Probe In France For Alleged Algorithm Manipulation And Hate Speech

French prosecutors have initiated a criminal investigation into X, a company owned by billionaire and Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk, for allegedly manipulating its algorithms to interfere with foreign affairs.

Benzinga

France to introduce strict age verification on porn sites

The Independent UK

Not just social media: Report claims mainstream French media is spreading climate disinformation

A new study discovered dozens of climate lies being shared in French media, from renewable energy to EVs.

Euronews

Top French court rejects C8 and NRJ12 pleas to keep broadcasting

French TV stations C8 and NRJ12 will cease broadcasting on 28 February after the Council of State, France's top court, rejected their appeals against the removal of their frequencies.

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France regulator refuses to renew licence for channel fined before for not respecting pluralism

France’s broadcast regulator has refused to renew a licence for free-to-air entertainment channel C8, owned by conservative media mogul Vincent Bolloré, Financial Times reported. The channel had earlier attracted € 7.6 million in fines for breaching broadcasting standards, for reasons including promoting conspiracy theories and fake news, as well as…

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Far-right National Rally strengthening in final polls ahead of vote

Marine Le Pen’s party has pledged to boost spending power, slash immigration and restore law and order

Newslaundry

‘Victory for democracy’: French court asks regulator to probe CNews over ‘opinion media’ allegation

French channel CNews, described as the “French Fox News” by critics, will be examined by France’s media regulator over six months to ascertain if the TV media outlet is conforming to rules on independent journalism, The Guardian reported.

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French regulator to look into CNews channel after ‘opinion media’ allegation

Court orders regulator to examine balance and independence of CNews, described by critics as ‘French Fox News’

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France’s losing battle to stop children accessing porn online

Despite legal measures to protect youngsters from pornography online, a new study shows a third of France's under 18s look at porn websites at least once a month, including boys as young as ten.

Reason

New Poll: Bad News for Biden, Good News for Trump

Plus: France wants to target porn websites without involving the courts, Republican senators agree with House colleagues about the debt ceiling, and more...

Radio France Internationale

France to introduce new system to restrict porn access by minors

France is set to announce new measures this week to prevent minors from accessing porn websites, in the latest round of a years-long struggle to protect children from explicit material.

Reuters

French court strikes down watchdog's decision over Russian TV channels

France's top administrative court ordered the country's broadcasting authority on Friday to review its decision over the distribution of three Russian TV channels by satellite operator Eutelsat, in a win for Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Asharq Al-Awsat

Twitter, Others Slip on Removing Hate Speech, EU Review Says

Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it in 2022 compared with the previous year, according to European Union data released Thursday. The EU figures were published as part of an annual evaluation of online platforms' compliance with the 27-nation bloc's code of conduct on disinformation.…

The Independent UK

Twitter, others slip on removing hate speech, EU review says

European Union data shows that Twitter took longer to review hateful content and removed less of it in 2022 compared with the previous year

France 24

‘Hell behind the scenes’: French Senate blasts porn industry after abuse scandal

Police in Paris arrested three men on Tuesday as part of a sprawling investigation into alleged abuse of vulnerable women in the French pornography industry. In response French senators have proposed a raft of measures including stronger regulations to block under-18s from accessing online porn.

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