French President Emmanuel Macron met at the Elysee Palace with the mayors of more than 200 municipalities affected by the demonstrations across the country after the police murder of a young driver named Nael M. on 27 June in Nanterre.
EMERGENCY LAW WILL BE IMPLEMENTED
According to the news in the French press, Macron announced at the meeting that they would enact an emergency law for the rapid rebuilding of buildings and infrastructure destroyed during the demonstrations.
Macron also emphasized that they will be strict with insurance companies in this context.
CRITICAL Draft Law
In France, the draft law that will regulate the shares made on digital platforms and will allow the removal of content will be discussed.
The bill, which envisages a series of changes such as imposing an age limit for accessing sites where inappropriate content is shared, sharing about victims of domestic violence in public digital resources, and regulations on competition in the cloud computing sector, will be on the agenda in the Senate today.
Under the bill, authorities will be able to request that posts about child abuse be removed within 24 hours.
Users on websites that are considered risky to prevent internet fraud will receive a warning message in their browsers regarding the security risk.
A fine of 250 thousand euros
As of yesterday, a new article was added to the bill titled “Securing and regulating digital life” due to the protests that broke out on June 27.
According to the newly added article, the competent administrative authorities will be able to order the removal of social media posts that encourage public order and public safety, and the blocking of access to such content within 2 hours.
Those who do not comply with this order can be sentenced to 1 year in prison or a fine of 250 thousand euros.
The bill, which also envisages the fight against fake accounts, fake news and pirated sites, was completed on May 10.
Discussions on the bill in the Senate will continue on 5, 6 and 7 July.
HEAVY BALANCE SHEET OF ACTIONS
In the protests that have been going on since June 27, 12,202 points were set on fire in the public area, as well as 1105 buildings, and 5,892 vehicles were burned.
Across the country, 269 police and gendarmerie stations were attacked.
PROTESTS IN FRANCE
The French police opened fire on a car with 3 people in Nanterre on 27 June, killing 17-year-old driver Nael M.
Those who reacted to Nael’s death took to the streets in different cities across the country and clashed with the police.
The police officer who killed the young man was suspended and sentenced to pre-trial detention.
In addition, pillaging and looting occurred during the protests held in many cities including Paris, Marseille and Lyon, and curfews were declared in 10 cities as of 21:00. (AA)